Conservative management candidate Rishi Sunak has blamed “political correctness” over race for the failure of police adequately to sort out youngster intercourse grooming gangs.
The former chancellor mentioned that, as prime minister, he would introduce a brand new requirement for all police forces to report the ethnicity of all these concerned in grooming.
And he mentioned he would create a brand new life tariff for intercourse gang members, with little or no alternative for parole.
A 2014 report into sustained grooming and abuse of youngsters in Rotherham discovered that council employees and police had been cautious of recording the ethnic background of these accused for concern of being branded racist.
Speaking to GB News, Mr Sunak mentioned that – regardless of various subsequent grooming scandals – the issue was nonetheless not being taken critically sufficient and remained “far more pervasive” than typically recognised.
“I have two young girls who are nine and 11 and I think for too long we just haven’t focused on this issue,” the previous chancellor informed interviewers Philip Davies and Esther McVey, additionally Tory MPs.
“It’s a horrific crime. It’s far more pervasive across the country than actually we all realise.
“And we all know the reason that people don’t focus on it. It’s because of political correctness and they’re scared of calling out the facts.
“There’s a particular group of people who are perpetuating these crimes, and I think that’s wrong and I want to change that as prime minister.”
Mr Sunak mentioned he would create a brand new job power on the National Crime Agency to deal with the difficulty, and a requirement for all police forces to prioritise it.
“I want to make sure all police forces record the ethnicity of those involved, which currently is not done because people don’t want to do that,” he mentioned.
“And I want to create a brand new life sentence for those involved in grooming with very limited options for parole.
“I’m not going to let political correctness stand in the way of tackling this absolutely horrific crime. I want to call it out for what it is and I want to tackle it properly.
“I have two young girls and I feel this very personally. A Conservative government should be not letting political correctness stand in the way of keeping people safe.”
