Carl Gombrich
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Carl Gombrich
@carlgomb.bsky.social
University Dean. Education entrepreneur. Founder of www.lis.ac.uk and www.ucl.ac.uk/basc. Also age group triathlete. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gombrich.
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Good to hear!
December 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
No problem! Though these discussions - much like on X - sadly show that there's really no point arguing with people one doesn't agree with on social media 😒. The likelihood of anyone changing their mind (as a percentage of all discussions) must be around 0.001%!
December 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Reposted by Carl Gombrich
Agreed. Being Children's Commissioner at the time much of the abuse was taking place and not acting feels disqualifying. E.g. a blog she wrote at the time about a GG case was entirely generic: www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/keeping-kids-safe-anne-longfields-article-for-huff-post/
Keeping kids safe, Anne Longfield's article for the Huffington Post | Children's Commissioner for England
This week’s publication of the inquiry into the catastrophic failures to protect very vulnerable children in Greater Manchester is another
www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is good on the betrayal of the working class by Labour on this issue unherd.com/2025/12/labo...
Labour's grooming gang cowardice
unherd.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Open Justice UK
Release the grooming gang transcripts.
www.openjusticeuk.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Anyway, thanks for engaging. I recommend the Casey report and openjustice.uk. and, if you can bear it - Easy Meat by Peter Mccloughlin. Although he is an odd and mysterious character with a curious agenda, the evidence he's amassed is impressive.
Coming Soon
openjustice.uk
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
284 cases reopened in Manchester this summer;
1,200 cases to be reviewed in London;
Calls from survivors of trafficking for the The whole of Scotland to be examined.
50+ towns in UK known to be loci.
Noone knows the extent of this mass crime because the data has been suppressed for so long.
December 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Which society do you live in? I'm very middle class but whenever I speak to working class people they are all aware of this issue and angry about it.
Unless you also speak to working class or so-called underclass people, you won't hear about it.
December 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I think the clue may be in the 'conviction rate' part. But we won't know unless we get a proper enquiry with statutory powers.
December 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is absolutely true. It was completely beyond the pale.
December 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It's not 'Asian'. It's very specifically Mirpuri-Pakistani, with some elements of wider Islamic extremist doctrine.
Saying it's 'Asian' is like saying the Mafia are 'European'.

Racist, in fact.
December 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Different issue. Also worth investigating.
December 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It says that people on BlueSky don't seem to talk about it much at all, except to deny it as an issue - whereas I think it's fairly clear from X, BBC etc that it is an issue which animates people across the UK.
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
See the OP.
December 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm not sure what you mean.

It is the massive corruption of the entire system that enabled the sectarian abuse and sexual torture of children for 30 years that 'interests' me. What about you?
December 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
No.
December 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I can't find any people on here who talk sensibly about the grooming gangs which is one of the most important political issues in the UK at the moment. Most in here are simply denialists or worse on that issue.
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
No, you're absolutely correct. But you are also a rarity on BlueSky!
December 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Are you still agnostic, but at least not atheist? Or was that enough of a sign?
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM