Elon Musk and the outrage about Britain's grooming gangs

Coffee House Shots

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🗓️ 4 January 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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The grooming gangs scandal is back in the news this week after Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips rejected calls for a government inquiry into historic child abuse in Oldham, prompting a conservative backlash. Robert Jenrick, the Shadow Justice Secretary, called it ‘shameful’; Liz Truss, the former Prime Minister, labelled Phillips’s title ‘a perversion of the English language.’ Even Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter/X, has piled in, arguing that the Home Office minister ‘deserves to be in prison.’

As the grooming gangs story continues to gather traction, will we see an inquiry? And how should we assess the Home Secretary’s success six months into the job?

Cindy Yu speaks to James Heale and Danny Shaw, a former adviser to Yvette Cooper.

Produced by Cindy Yu and Oscar Edmondson.

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0:00.0	It's Ed Balls and me, George Osborne, here from our podcast Political Currency.
0:05.6	And we're really excited to tell you about a special series with David Cameron on the first six months as Prime Minister.
0:12.1	Letters to Trident submarine captains, hostage crises, that first budget.
0:17.0	There's so much we pack into those first few months.
0:20.0	This is David Cameron, as you've never heard him before.
0:23.2	It's Barack Obama on the telephone going, well done, David, enjoyed this moment.
0:26.9	It's all downhill from here.
0:28.2	I've had my rouse with sarcozy over the years, but whenever I see him, I always give him this big hug.
0:33.3	Thank him for letting me see my dad before he died.
0:35.7	Listen, enjoy, be provoked.
0:37.7	Inside number 10, David Cameron, the first six months.
0:40.4	Search for political currency wherever you get your podcast.
0:48.4	Hello and welcome to the Saturday edition of Coffee House Shots.
0:51.9	I'm Cindy Yu, and today I'm joined by James Hill and Danny Shaw,
0:55.4	crime and justice commentator and former advisor to Vett Cooper. Now, James, screaming gangs are
1:00.4	back in the news this week as it has transpired that Home Office Minister Jess Phillips
1:04.0	has rejected a request from Oldham Council to have a government inquiry into its historic
1:09.2	grooming scandal. Why did she reject that request?
1:13.4	Well, in her letter, which was given to GB News,
1:16.5	which reported on this story, first of all,
1:18.6	she suggested that while she understood the strength of feeling concerned about the issue,
1:23.3	it would be more advisable to have a local council-led inquiry rather than our national
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