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   Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 18-Oct-2025 06:28:01 JST Flick ??

   https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-the-grooming-gang-inquiry-headed-for-a-whitewash/

   Keir Starmer did not want to hold an inquiry into grooming gangs. He did everything that he could to ignore the rape and torture of children which has scarred towns across England. Louise Casey’s audit of group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse was almost certainly commissioned to get him out of a tough spot and get calls for an inquiry out of the papers.

   It was only after Labour were left with absolutely no choice in the matter, damned by the scale of abuse documented in Casey’s report, that an inquiry was finally commissioned.

   It should therefore be no surprise that before the inquiry has even begun, it is being undermined. Four months after Starmer bowed to pressure, the Home Office have confessed that a chair of the inquiry still hasn’t been appointed. The scope of the inquiry is yet to be determined and the first area to be reviewed remains undecided. Survivors have been left wondering if the government is preparing to let them down, again.

   https://archive.ph/bf6ok

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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 18-Oct-2025 06:40:18 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     @Flick All public inquiries are a waste of time and money. But it's our money, so nobody cares. Cronies will be appointed to fanny about for years and put in a huge bill for their efforts. Witnesses will be called, testimony heard, articles written.
     I'll save everyone the bother by summarising it:
     Mistakes were made.
     Lessons will be learned.
     You're welcome.