The scandal of organised Pakistani pedophillia-rape gangs being turned a blind eye to by the police with collusion from local labour councillors and allowed to prey on white girls is by now widely known. For those who missed it, I'm not exaggerating and things were as bad as they sound with the police ignoring complaints as they did not want to be seen as 'racist' and those within the local council who tried to do something being sent on 'diversity and tolerance' courses.
Disgusting as all that was the dam eventually broke and public horror forced resignations, investigations and inquiries most of which are still ongoing. The public outcry was also in many ways the straw that broke camels back as far as the UK PC culture that grew up in the 2000s was concerned. Sites like the guardian initially ran disgraceful stories accusing those trying to break the news as racists and then tried to ignore the issue. The public backlash was considerable and there can be little doubt the rise in support for UKIP specifically and right wing policies generally is directly linked. Where before accusations of racism were effectively used by a certain segment of the left to shut down their opponents people are now unafraid now to tell them to fuck off- a recurring theme in the comment section of almost any article on Islam in the uk, refugees or the eu.
Public criticism of Islam has become much more common since and appearing to give any special concessions to that group is political suicide as Ed Milliband found to his cost during last years general election.
I'm mentioning all this again because the first five accused have been found guilty:http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...hers-jailed-over-rotherham-child-sexual-abuse
Sentenced to 35,25,19 and 10 years respectively. In practice those first three are likely to serve 30, 20 and fifteen years-almost all of which will be in solitary for their own safety. While not perfect or in my view enough this seems like something approaching the beginnings of justice. Hopefully the rest of the sick bastards will get something similar.
However the pedos themselves are only one side of the coin and the cowards within the police and council are the other. Naturally the victims wish to assess the possibility of a suit for failure. A lot of public law in the uk is done on the basis of informal convention and in a case like this where the police complaints commission and crown office are assessing official sanction one would expect the police to comply with requests from the victims for the records of how the complaints were handled esp as public bodies in the uk are required to be able to justify themselves and their actions to the public when asked in writing.
It is therefore shocking that the victims lawyers have had to file for a court order to force the police's hand. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...-sexual-abuse-victims-to-take-police-to-court
For the police to refuse to cooperate is a serious breach of convention.
I have, in the past, ragged on Scotland s prosecution for being too controlling and beaurocratic when dealing with the police. Until very recently (and during the 20 years the offences were taking place) police in England were in the opposite position with almost complete freedom and no public prosecution or independent commission to reign them in or monitor them. The whole situation is disgusting and highlights the dangers of allowing politics into the police and of not having adequate oversight by an independent third party.
Disgusting as all that was the dam eventually broke and public horror forced resignations, investigations and inquiries most of which are still ongoing. The public outcry was also in many ways the straw that broke camels back as far as the UK PC culture that grew up in the 2000s was concerned. Sites like the guardian initially ran disgraceful stories accusing those trying to break the news as racists and then tried to ignore the issue. The public backlash was considerable and there can be little doubt the rise in support for UKIP specifically and right wing policies generally is directly linked. Where before accusations of racism were effectively used by a certain segment of the left to shut down their opponents people are now unafraid now to tell them to fuck off- a recurring theme in the comment section of almost any article on Islam in the uk, refugees or the eu.
Public criticism of Islam has become much more common since and appearing to give any special concessions to that group is political suicide as Ed Milliband found to his cost during last years general election.
I'm mentioning all this again because the first five accused have been found guilty:http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...hers-jailed-over-rotherham-child-sexual-abuse
Sentenced to 35,25,19 and 10 years respectively. In practice those first three are likely to serve 30, 20 and fifteen years-almost all of which will be in solitary for their own safety. While not perfect or in my view enough this seems like something approaching the beginnings of justice. Hopefully the rest of the sick bastards will get something similar.
However the pedos themselves are only one side of the coin and the cowards within the police and council are the other. Naturally the victims wish to assess the possibility of a suit for failure. A lot of public law in the uk is done on the basis of informal convention and in a case like this where the police complaints commission and crown office are assessing official sanction one would expect the police to comply with requests from the victims for the records of how the complaints were handled esp as public bodies in the uk are required to be able to justify themselves and their actions to the public when asked in writing.
It is therefore shocking that the victims lawyers have had to file for a court order to force the police's hand. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...-sexual-abuse-victims-to-take-police-to-court
For the police to refuse to cooperate is a serious breach of convention.
I have, in the past, ragged on Scotland s prosecution for being too controlling and beaurocratic when dealing with the police. Until very recently (and during the 20 years the offences were taking place) police in England were in the opposite position with almost complete freedom and no public prosecution or independent commission to reign them in or monitor them. The whole situation is disgusting and highlights the dangers of allowing politics into the police and of not having adequate oversight by an independent third party.
