Lucy Powell's Commons Evasion
Another Institutional Betrayal of Grooming Gang Victims
Political Cowardice on Display
In the House of Commons yesterday, we witnessed a perfect encapsulation of the institutional cowardice that enabled grooming gang scandals for decades. Leader of the House Lucy Powell MP, when directly challenged about her dismissal of grooming gang concerns as mere "dog whistle politics," chose silence over accountability.
The moment demanded moral clarity. It received political calculation instead.
Conservative MP Jesse Norman confronted Powell with a series of straightforward questions that deserved equally straightforward answers:
- Had she watched the Channel 4 documentary exposing the scandal?
- Did she now recognise that dismissing these concerns contributed to the ongoing national tragedy?
- Would she support victims' calls for a comprehensive national inquiry?
- Would she apologise directly to the hundreds of victims who suffered while authorities looked away?
Her response? Evasion. Deflection and silence on the questions that mattered most.
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