{"id":224660,"date":"2025-01-26T16:47:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T16:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/26\/kemi-badenoch-defends-blaming-peasants-from-sub-communities-for-grooming-gangs-abuse\/"},"modified":"2025-01-26T16:47:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T16:47:28","slug":"kemi-badenoch-defends-blaming-peasants-from-sub-communities-for-grooming-gangs-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/26\/kemi-badenoch-defends-blaming-peasants-from-sub-communities-for-grooming-gangs-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Kemi Badenoch defends blaming ‘peasants’ from ‘sub-communities’ for grooming gangs abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kemi Badenoch has defended blaming “peasants” from “sub-communities” in foreign countries for the grooming gangs crisis.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips<\/a><\/strong>, she insisted she would not be “shy” when talking about the scandal, which saw a string of child sexual exploitation convictions<\/a><\/strong> of men mostly from Pakistani backgrounds.<\/p>\n

Ms Badenoch told GB News last week there is a “systematic pattern of behaviour not even just from one country, but from sub-communities”, adding: “You know, people who are very, very poor, sort of peasant background<\/a><\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

The Conservative leader faced criticism for her words, with Downing Street saying it was not language Sir Keir Starmer would use.<\/p>\n

But Ms Badenoch doubled down on her words, telling Trevor Phillips: “The point I was making there was about a specific report on that community of people who are predominant in the rape gangs.<\/p>\n

“They did come from a particular place where they were mostly peasant farmers, they were insular, even from the rest of Pakistan, they’re not like the people in Lahore.<\/p>\n

“And that’s one of the things that I’m trying to fix. I hear a lot of people talk about Asian grooming gangs, about Pakistani grooming gangs, a lot of people are being blamed, a lot of innocent people who happen to share characteristics are being blamed, so let’s be specific.”<\/p>\n

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Sky News’ analysis of the data on the victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse<\/a><\/strong> shows in terms of group-based offences, 85% of suspects are white, while 7% are Asian and 5% are black.<\/p>\n

The ethnicity of perpetrators and victims was only recorded in 29% of cases so it is difficult to be too conclusive about over and under-representation. But there’s enough evidence to rule out the idea that this is a problem unique to any one ethnic group.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir and Ms Badenoch have clashed repeatedly over her calls for a national inquiry<\/a><\/strong>, with the prime minister saying one has already happened, referencing Professor Alexis Jay’s inquiry that took seven years and was published in 2022.<\/p>\n

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Grooming gangs scandal – what happened?<\/a><\/strong>
Badenoch would back Heathrow third runway<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Ms Badenoch also told Trevor Phillips “evil habits” have been propagated from people who have come to the UK from a “particular region and sub-community in Pakistan”.<\/p>\n

“The [immigration] numbers we have seen over the last few decades mean that we are getting people having separate and insular communities.<\/p>\n

“The most extreme example of this is what we saw with the rape gangs where people who’ve been coming to this country, from the 60s, from a particular region and sub-community in Pakistan, get here, stay insular, not interested in integration.<\/p>\n

“And then you start seeing very very toxic, I would say evil habits propagating and no one doing anything about it because they’re separate.<\/p>\n

“We have to make sure that we have a dominant culture in our country, and the people who move here want to help make the UK a better place.”<\/p>\n

“Our country’s not a hotel, it’s not a dormitory, this is our home,” she added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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