Petition asking for Public Inquiry into Grooming Gangs

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Signed. I didn't realise it was still going on. There can be no excuse for this not being investigated, if so.

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There are already 6600 signatures. So 10% of the membership signing from Gransnet would definitely help get us to the 10,000 mark. Plus I am promoting this petition as much as possible to other organisations and spots on the internet.

At 10,000 the Government will provide a written reply.

If 10% of Gransnet signed the petition we would push through the 10,000 point easily.

Really, are there really well over 100,000 users of GransNet? I had no idea?

GillT57 - thanks for your post that confirms Keir Starmer did take the child grooming and sexual abuse cases seriously.
I wrote a very similar post after reading EllanVannin's comment, but now I've looked back, it obviously didn't post for some reason.

Would you believe that Keir Starmer didn't take this child abuse seriously ? I can never forgive that man for going against Nazir Afzal during the Rochdale gang grooming

Actualy, this is not true and has been disproved time and time again. The interview on Channel 5 was edited to misrepresent what Starmer said and was then circulated by 3 Tory Mps including Nadine Dorries. They were reprimanded by the Tory party and withdrew their tweets where they shared the video.

But this footage, which dated from Starmer’s time as director of public prosecutions in 2013, had been doctored by far-right activists. Starmer had originally been talking about how not to approach victims of grooming gangs

A quick Google will prove evidence. This does not of course mean that I am not disgusted by what happened to the girls, how let down they were, but the case is not helped by spreading inaccuracies.

Veganrocks its important to not blame the victims. Attitudes have to be changed regarding this type of crime. I understand what you are saying regarding sexism and classism. Every one is equal under the law.

Under aged girls have been targeted in shopping centres, in parks, outside their homes, on the way home from school. In a recent court case the victim was targeted on her newspaper round.

It often starts with a boy friend the girls same age before being turned in to the worst type of horrible abuse that can last years. As the boy friend is a member of the grooming gang and has ensnared the young girl. The victim can be from any area of a city.

The police and people are alot more aware of this type of crime and prosecutions are happening. The petition will answer what happened who was at fault and what can be done to stop this happening again.

Signing the petition will help. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/327566

If 10% of Gransnet signed the petition we would push through the 10,000 point easily.

I've signed a number of petitions and been in touch with the Maggie Oliver foundation.
I share the views expressed by Doodledog. We need to re-invest in safeguarding children. We need police and social work teams based in the same buildings, working co-operatively on safeguarding issues. The teams need to be properly funded, trained and supported. Most of all, they need to be respected and listened to by their senior managers. As early as 1997, this issue was being raised in police/health/social work/probation/education organisations. The people on the ground were not supported by the people at the top. Resources was the excuse given for not putting together specialist investigative teams.

Jane43 what a sad story and that this kind of criminal behaviour was ignored. Unbelievable! I truly believe that if these girls had been black or Asian it wouldn’t have happened. What is happening is we cannot have open debates about other races due to this fear of using the racist card. Hopefully we will have some people in power who have their eyes open to what has been happening and stand up to this disease that is rapidly gaining strength in this country. I suppose women’s lives don’t matter and never have? I have signed.

There was also classism and sexism involved - the girls were seen as slags by many even when underage - so weren’t worth worrying about.

EllanVannin because it will take that long for farms to change their methods, build new enclosures and provide a more humane environment.

Because change in the law is a slow process and takes work , endless work. Petitions arent a magic wand.

Curlywhirly, why by 2025 ? Why not now ?
If we can demand that those who return from holiday have to isolate for two weeks, why can't these petitions bring about laws with immediate effect ?

I think change only happens if there are individuals working hard to achieve this. It's not usually achieved by petitions alone. That isn't to say petitions arent important, they are, but they need to be part of an effective campaign. So there is a petition about we cant consent to this ( women killed by men who use rough sex as a defence) this is making progress but that is because it was part.of a sustained campaign.

Signed. EllanVannin I think the petition started by a young girl regarding banning battery hen farms was a success, apparently by 2025 all battery hen farms will be phased out in the UK (or England, can't remember which).

Just sign it.

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Can anyone show me a genuine petition that's been a success ?

I've literally lost count of the number of petitions I've signed for various things but have come to the conclusion they all go in the "out" tray.

But NOTHING'S happened since Rochdale, so why isn't anything working that it's happening again ??
Just signing something isn't going to make it stop is it ? This has been rumbling on since 2012 for God's sake so why in 2020 is it still allowed to continue ? What's going on with policing in these areas ?
Where are the MP's who are responsible for these areas ? It shouldn't be happening !! This country needs to get a grip.

Thanks to those who have made comments and also signed the petition

It will be difficult to get a Public Inquiry. So many people just go quiet when this issue is mentioned. Which is not right. Some thing being difficult should never stop us trying.

The government are likely to say that they are carrying out their own inquiries. But a public inquiry is different its free from political interference, impartial and objective. Dealing in facts. Having three core aims: To determine what when wrong, who was to blame and recommendations to prevent the issue in the future.

I wrote the petition and got it oked by the Maggie Oliver Foundation who support survivors. She and her foundation are supporting the petition.

The petition is national because there have been prosecutions of grooming gangs across the country, including Bristol, Oxford, Rochdale, Newcastle and many more towns and cities.

Best Regards

George

Okay, I may be on another planet - but I don't understand why crime would not be investigated regardless of who the suspects are.

I wish I could sign a million times.
As for somebody saying i don't understand the racism claim
They must be on another planet.