By GB News (World News) | Created at 2025-01-12 14:49:34 | Updated at 2025-01-12 19:18:05
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Commentator Mike Parry has launched a scathing attack on Labour, accusing the party of being "terrified" of addressing grooming gangs due to fears of losing Muslim constituencies.
Speaking to GB News, Parry pointed to Labour's recent electoral losses to pro-Palestinian independents, including challenges faced in Wes Streeting's constituency.
He told GB News: "What I'm saying is we know they fear losing Muslim constituencies because in the last general election, they lost four to independents who went on a pro-Palestinian lobby.
"Jonathan Ashworth in Leicester. What I'm saying is they are very, very frightened of upsetting Muslim communities.
"To me is a horrendous, shocking betrayal of these young girls who've been horrendously attacked and raped."
He added: "I can't remember in my lifetime as a journalist, which is nearly 50 years, I can't remember a crime like this."
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned that inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks inciting violence against entire communities.
In an interview with The Guardian, Streeting highlighted the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre in New Zealand, where 51 people were killed.
Wes Streeting noted that people in his community with Pakistani heritage "are now more fearful today than they were before"
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He pointed to the gunman's ammunition being inscribed with "For Rotherham" as evidence of how inflammatory rhetoric can lead to violence.
"If Kemi Badenoch is in any doubt whatsoever about where irresponsible and coarse public discourse can lead on this issue, look on the other side of the world," Streeting said.
The Health Secretary noted that people in his community with Pakistani heritage "are now more fearful today than they were before."
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has hit back at Streeting's comments, labelling them "insulting".
Parry labelled it a 'shocking betrayal'
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Speaking to The Telegraph, Farage said: "Honestly, if that is a crude attempt to stop us getting to the truth, I think it's pretty insulting.
"I am horrified that later on, on that front page, he says that it's time we heard the voices of the victims.
"Yes, that's what we want, an inquiry, because they've not had a voice."
