UK MPs say NO to inquiry into grooming gangs. Keir Starmer gives a “reasonable” explanation.

Last update:09 January 2025, 12:29 IST

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said “reasonable people could agree or disagree” on whether there should be a new inquiry and admitted there were mixed views on the same.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Image: Reuters/File)

While Britain’s opposition Conservative Party called for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, the Keir Starmer government rejected the motion in Britain’s House of Commons. The motion was defeated by a vote of 364 to 111, a margin of 253.

What Tory leaders told the inquiry into grooming gangs

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the UK government risked fueling allegations of a “cover-up” by refusing an inquiry, but the country’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, stood firm, saying a new inquiry would delay action the victims wanted because more many inquiries have taken place. he has already been apprehended in abuses committed by gangs of men.

Tory shadow home secretary Chris Philp condemned Labour’s vote against the amendment as “morally wrong”, saying: “We need to have this inquiry and we will do everything we can to keep the victims at the forefront to this debate and to try to get the Government to do the right thing. It’s not too late – Keir Starmer could announce an inquiry and I really hope we can put pressure on him, get him to change his mind and do the right thing. victims”.

What the British Prime Minister said to the inquiry

The British prime minister said “reasonable people could agree or disagree” on whether there should be a new inquiry and acknowledged there were mixed views on the same.

The debate over the issue came after Elon Musk made numerous remarks on the matter, accusing Prime Minister Keir of being “complicit in the rape of Britain”.

Elon Musk also posted a message on social media urging MPs to support an inquiry adding that “hundreds of thousands of little girls in the UK who have been, and still are, being systematically horribly gang-raped , deserves a little justice in this world.”

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