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Electoral Dysfunction

How did the grooming gangs inquiry get so toxic?

Electoral Dysfunction

Sky News

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.4764 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Sir Keir Starmer has backed safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, as a fifth abuse survivor calls on her to quit to restore trust in the grooming gangs inquiry.  

Beth, Ruth and Harriet explain why the national inquiry into the sexual exploitation of children by grooming gangs in England and Wales has become so poisonous and why the victims are so unhappy. 

Plus, as the government faces growing calls to formally strip Prince Andrew of his dukedom – what's the relationship between politics and royalty?

And as membership for the Green Party surges, what's the appeal of the leader Zack Polanski? 

Remember, you can also watch Beth Rigby, Harriet Harman and Ruth Davidson on YouTube. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

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by going to Amazoncareerchoice.com.

1:00.9

Hello and welcome to Electoral Disfunction from Sky News with me, Beth Rigby.

1:10.5

Me Ruth Davidson and me Harriet Harmon.

1:13.2

And Ruth, it's good to see that you are in your palace.

1:17.1

I heard that you had knocked down the east wing of your house,

1:21.2

and you were building your own ballroom,

1:23.4

and you look like you're ensconced in it today.

1:26.8

Yeah, so, like, you know how you get filters?

1:45.0

For people on YouTube, this will make sense. For anybody that's listening audio only, this will mean absolutely nothing to you. But if you look behind my back, you can see, like, this is not one of those, like, filters that you get for when you're on a Zoom call. This is, like, the actual hotel room they put me in. just the three tapestries in this room.

1:47.3

This is the size of my key to the door.

1:44.7

I'm in a Tudor hunting lodge. When I opened the blinds this morning, I got here quite late last night. It was dark. When I opened the blinds this morning, I looked out out the window through my leaded windows. Are you sure you're not on the traitors? There's a hedge maze.

2:01.6

It looks just like the traitors.

2:02.7

Just like if there had been peacocks screaming like banshees,

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