Abuse was played down by politically correct cowards

'Young white women were seen as fair game for predation’

- Tim Newark

SIR Keir wrong Starmer is to label demands for a national inquiry into the child rape gangs scandal as a "Right-wing bandwagon". Politically correct fears that the issue would be exploited is exactly why so little action was taken at the time to save many vulnerable girls from the most appalling abuse.

Left-leaning social services, police and politicians clearly feared revelations about largely Pakistani-heritage sex gangs would cause a backlash.

And that is why we're in a mess today, with thousands of victims, many written off without a fair hearing or tangible form of justice. White, often working-class and vulnerable, many from broken homes or foster care, these young women were considered second-class citizens, expendable to the cause of community relations.

But it was not just centreRight politicians who have drawn attention to this scandal, although they led the charge, but also those from the Labour Party, such as Sarah Champion, the MP for Rotherham who bravely refused to back down despite death threats and being forced to resign as shadow equalities minister by the Leftwing of her own party.