The Mask Slips: Labour’s Contempt for Grooming Gang Victims

There comes a moment when the mask slips, when the carefully constructed political facade crumbles, and the public glimpses the truth behind it.

For Labour’s Lucy Powell MP, that moment came during BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions, when she was asked whether she had seen the Channel 4 documentary exposing the industrial-scale sexual exploitation of vulnerable white working-class girls by grooming gangs.

Her response?

“Oh, you want to blow that little trumpet now, do you? Let’s get that dog whistle out, shall we?”

This wasn’t a gaffe. It wasn’t a slip of the tongue. It was a revealing moment of political instinct—and one that laid bare the contempt held by parts of the Labour Party for the victims of these appalling crimes.

Silencing the Victims: What Powell Really Said

Let’s decode her words.

Calling it a “little trumpet” is not just flippant, it’s sinister. Powell is diminishing the scale and gravity of the rape and trafficking of over 100,000 girls as if it were nothing more than an irritating noise. In her worldview, the abuse of white working-class girls is a minor nuisance, an inconvenient topic to be dismissed, not a national scandal demanding action.

Even more revealing is her invocation of “dog whistle.”

In political language, a dog whistle is a coded phrase intended to signal something controversial or bigoted to a specific audience. It is used to dismiss someone’s argument without engaging with the facts, accusing them of racism without directly saying so. Powell was not just sidestepping the question, she was implying that merely raising this issue was itself an act of prejudice.

This tactic is well-worn. For decades, Labour politicians have wielded the accusation of racism to deflect legitimate concerns about grooming gangs, protecting voting blocs from within their Muslim communities at the expense of voiceless victims.

Powell’s words weren’t just dismissive. They were a signal, to her allies, to her party’s base: “We will protect you. We will smear your critics. We will bury the truth if it threatens our power.”

Weaponised Language: How Labour Trivialises the Truth

This isn’t about one comment. It’s about a system.

Labour’s use of terms like “dog whistle” is part of a deliberate political strategy. When anyone raises the issue of Pakistani grooming gangs, Labour figures don’t engage with the evidence, they attack the motives. They deflect. They shame. They protect their interests.

Here’s how it works:

1. Minimise the crime – by calling it a “little trumpet”, Powell downplays the suffering of victims.
2. Attack the messenger – the “dog whistle” accusation paints anyone raising the issue as racist.
3. Shield the perpetrators – by framing scrutiny as bigotry, Labour prevents honest conversations about how and why this abuse was allowed to continue.

The result? Generations of girls sacrificed to preserve political alliances.

The Betrayal of Britain’s Forgotten Girls

Labour’s betrayal is not an aberration. It’s a political calculation.

White working-class girls from council estates do not command the same political capital as organised voting blocs. So when these girls were targeted, systemically, by rape gangs operating with near impunity in towns like Rotherham, Rochdale, Oldham and Telford, Labour chose silence.

Ask yourself: Would Powell have referred to any other form of child abuse in this way? Would she have dared call the industrial rape of children from any other ethnic background a “little trumpet”?

Of course not. But these girls were White and working-class. They had no political leverage and so they were expendable.

The Politics of the Non-Apology

Faced with public outrage, Powell issued a statement on X:

“In the heat of a discussion on AQ, I would like to clarify that I regard issues of child exploitation & grooming with the utmost seriousness. I'm sorry if this was unclear. I was challenging the political point scoring around it, not the issue itself.”

This is the classic politician’s deflection: the non-apology.

“I’m sorry if this was unclear” translates as: “I meant what I said, but I regret the backlash.”

“I was challenging the political point scoring” means: “Don’t dare question me. I’ll question your motives instead.”

But what “political point scoring” was she referring to? Being asked if she’d watched a documentary about the rape of children?

It was a straightforward question. Her answer was what politicised it.

Unanswered Questions the Media Won’t Ask

Now let’s ask what the mainstream media won’t:

• Why has Labour consistently resisted a full, independent national inquiry into rape gangs?
• Why are most major grooming gang scandals linked to Labour-controlled local authorities?
• Why do Labour MPs so often respond with accusations of racism when these crimes are mentioned?
• What ties exist between Labour figures and the communities shielding abusers?

The answer is simple: votes.

In many areas, Labour depends on clan-based networks and organised bloc voting to retain power. Scrutinising these communities, however necessary, would threaten that support. So instead, they turn their backs on victims.

The Road to Justice Starts with Truth

For years, I’ve worked to expose this system, often at great personal cost. I’ve seen how whistleblowers are silenced, how victims are ignored, and how politicians like Powell resort to smear tactics to protect themselves.

Lucy Powell should resign. But more than that, Britain needs action:

1. A full, independent, judge-led national inquiry into grooming gangs
2. Criminal and professional investigations into politicians and officials who enabled the cover-up
3. Justice and reparations for victims
4. Acknowledgement that these crimes were racially, culturally and religiously motivated

This is not about race-baiting. This is about ending a culture of cowardice that allowed children to be brutalised because their pain was politically inconvenient.

The British public deserves the truth. The victims deserve justice. And those who failed them, repeatedly and knowingly, must be held accountable.

Do Not Fear Them. Do Not Fear Any Of Them.

For those new to me, I'm Raja Miah MBE.

I spent six years leading a small team that exposed how politicians protected the rape gangs. My work continues despite powerful forces including the media, politicians, police and public officials all conspiring to desperately stop me and bury the truth. Now millions know the truth of the industrial scale gang rape of working class White girls by organised networks of politically protected Pakistani men.

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