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UK PM Keir Starmer said “reasonable people could agree or disagree” on whether there should be a fresh probe and acknowledged that there were mixed views about the same.
UK PM Keir Starmer (Image: Reuters/File)
As UK’s opposition Conservative Party sought a national inquiry into grooming gangs, the Keir Starmer government rejected the motion in the House of Commons in Britain. The motion was voted down by 364 votes to 111 votes, a margin of 253.
What Conservative leaders said on inquiry into grooming gangs
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said that the UK government risks fuelling accusations of “a cover up” by refusing an inquiry but the country’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer remained firm as he asserted that a new probe would delay the action which the victims wanted as several inquiries had already been held into abuse carried out by gangs of men.
Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp condemned Labour’s vote against the amendment as “morally wrong”, saying, “We must have this inquiry and we… will do everything we can to keep the victims at the front of this debate and to try and get the government to do the right thing. It’s not too late – Keir Starmer could still announce an inquiry and I really hope we can pressure him, persuade him to change his mind and do the right thing for victims.”
What UK PM said on the inquiry
The UK PM said “reasonable people could agree or disagree” on whether there should be a fresh probe and acknowledged that there were mixed views about the same.
The row over the issue came after Elon Musk made numerous remarks on the subject as he accused PM Keir of being “complicit in the rape of Britain”.
Elon Musk also posted a message on social media urging MPs to back an inquiry adding “hundreds of thousands of little girls in Britain who were, and still are, being systematically, horrifically gang-raped deserve some justice in this world”.
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