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Yeah, I mean if the UK is covering up and not counting 1000's of underaged girls being raped (with some police literally participating in the rape) the statisti

Yeah, I mean if the UK is covering up and not counting 1000's of underaged girls being raped (with some police literally participating in the rape) the statistics are bound to look better than they are in reality. Having said that, I don't think the surveillance state they're setting up even has the intent to change any of that.

youngtaff 1y ago
I wouldn’t believe everything you read in the Daily Mail or that comes out of Farage or Yaxley-Lennon‘s mouth
- bondarchuk 1y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploit...
  - achempion 1y ago
    Thanks for posting the link, can't believe it was happening in 2016 > The police collected bags of clothes the girl had saved as evidence, but lost them two days later. The family was sent £140 compensation for the clothes and advised to drop the case.
- miningape 1y ago
  "I wouldn’t believe everything you read in the BBC or that comes out of Starmer or Blair's mouth." How about instead of attacking credentials we attack the arguments, you know, with evidence? Or, if your best defence is saying "your ideas/evidence come from unsavoury sources (to me)" maybe your positions are more reflective of your own biases than reality.
  - youngtaff 1y ago
    The poster implied there is an active cover up whereas the case went to court, was prosecuted and became the subject of a judge led enquiry The accusation that immigrant men from Muslim backgrounds are sex offenders is a well worn trope pushed by the far right and people like Farage and Yaxley-Lennon If you actually look at crime statistics in the UK sex offenders, including grooming gangs are overwhelming white men — if you look closer you often find that a reasonable proportion of people on the far-right have convictions for sex offences
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  - youngtaff 1y ago
    And if you want statistics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/grooming-gangs-and-sexual-abuse-statistics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/grooming-gangs... 3.7% of sexual abuse cases involved group based abuse Asian or British Asian people account for 5% of offenders while making up 9% of the British populatiin

youngtaff 1y ago

I wouldn’t believe everything you read in the Daily Mail or that comes out of Farage or Yaxley-Lennon‘s mouth

bondarchuk 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploit...
- achempion 1y ago
  Thanks for posting the link, can't believe it was happening in 2016 > The police collected bags of clothes the girl had saved as evidence, but lost them two days later. The family was sent £140 compensation for the clothes and advised to drop the case.
miningape 1y ago
"I wouldn’t believe everything you read in the BBC or that comes out of Starmer or Blair's mouth." How about instead of attacking credentials we attack the arguments, you know, with evidence? Or, if your best defence is saying "your ideas/evidence come from unsavoury sources (to me)" maybe your positions are more reflective of your own biases than reality.
- youngtaff 1y ago
  The poster implied there is an active cover up whereas the case went to court, was prosecuted and became the subject of a judge led enquiry The accusation that immigrant men from Muslim backgrounds are sex offenders is a well worn trope pushed by the far right and people like Farage and Yaxley-Lennon If you actually look at crime statistics in the UK sex offenders, including grooming gangs are overwhelming white men — if you look closer you often find that a reasonable proportion of people on the far-right have convictions for sex offences
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- youngtaff 1y ago
  And if you want statistics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/grooming-gangs-and-sexual-abuse-statistics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/grooming-gangs... 3.7% of sexual abuse cases involved group based abuse Asian or British Asian people account for 5% of offenders while making up 9% of the British populatiin