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Daniel expresses his outrage at Lucy Powell’s use of the term ‘dog whistle’ to describe serious concerns surrounding the issue of grooming gangs, stating that it undermines the suffering of victims. He is further dismayed by Powell’s framing of the issue as merely political point scoring and calls for her to resign.
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Labour minister dismisses rape gangs as ‘dog whistle’ issue
Leader of the House of Commons faces calls to resign over ‘disgusting betrayal of victims’
GENEVIEVE HOLL-ALLEN and DOMINIC PENNA
Lucy Powell, the Labour Cabinet minister, is facing calls to resign after dismissing the grooming gangs scandal as a “dog whistle” issue.
Ms Powell, the Leader of the House of Commons, accused a political commentator of blowing a “little trumpet” when he brought up a Channel 4 documentary on the subject.
Her remarks were branded as a “disgusting betrayal of the victims”, who called for her to retract her statements or step down.
Tim Montgomerie, the founder of ConservativeHome, said in a discussion about diversity spending by councils on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions: “I don’t know if you saw the documentary on Channel 4 about rape gangs.”
The Reform supporter was then interrupted by Ms Powell, the MP for Manchester Central, who said: “Oh, we want to blow that little trumpet now, do we? Yeah, OK, let’s get that dog whistle out.”
Mr Montgomerie added: “There is a real issue where… There were so many people in local government, in the authorities, who, for good reason, were worried about upsetting community tensions, that those girls went undefended.”
The documentary, Groomed: A National Scandal, told the stories of five girls who were sexually abused by rape gangs.
Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, said: “Labour’s Lucy Powell thinks it’s a ‘dog whistle’ to demand arrests and accountability for the rape gangs. What a disgusting betrayal of the victims. They are part of the cover-up.”
Katie Lam, a shadow Tory whip, wrote on X: “If the Leader of the House of Commons does not, in fact, think that industrialised child sexual torture is just a ‘dog whistle’ and a ‘little trumpet’, she should take it back and say sorry.
“If she does actually think that, she has no business being in Cabinet and should resign.”
Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said: “This shocking outburst from a Labour Cabinet minister belittles the thousands of girls and women who were raped by grooming gangs over decades.
“We have consistently called for a national enquiry in Parliament, which has been blocked by Labour ministers who don’t seem to know or care about the disgusting crimes which have been perpetrated.
“Anyone who has seen the shocking Channel 4 documentary will know that it is clearer than ever that this is not a ‘dog whistle’. To dismiss thousands of victims who were raped and the cover up that followed is sickening.”
A Labour MP even appeared to question her future on Saturday night, saying: “I’ve already messaged No 10. The TV programme that was being referred to was interviewing girls from Manchester, where she is the MP. She has apologised, but…”
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