Good to hear!

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%!

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/

This is good on the betrayal of the working class by Labour on this issue unherd.com/2025/12/labo...

Sorry www.openjusticeuk.org

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.

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.

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.

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.

This is absolutely true. It was completely beyond the pale.

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.

Different issue. Also worth investigating.

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.

See the OP.

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?

No.

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.

No, you're absolutely correct. But you are also a rarity on BlueSky!

Are you still agnostic, but at least not atheist? Or was that enough of a sign?