La donna che aveva denunciato per prima le grooming gangs islamiche in UK era stata accusata di razzismo dalle solite scimmie ammaestrate.
Classico della feccia progressista etichettare qualcuno come razzista e nazista se tocca le categorie protette dei neri e islamici.
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Former Keighley MP Ann Cryer smeared as racist, says son
THE son of Ann Cryer, former Labour MP for Keighley and who was the first to raise the alarm about child rape gangs more than 20 years ago has described how she was smeared and attacked for being a racist, particularly by members of her own party.
John Cryer, a former MP who now sits in the House of Lords, highlighted the backlash endured by his mother Ann when she blew the whistle on the scandal in 2003.
Labour peer Lord Cryer said those who were complicit at the time and knew of the child abuse by a group of older men from the Pakistani community, but chose to cover it up, should face prosecution.
He was speaking after a nationwide inquiry was announced by the Prime Minister into grooming gangs following a major review by Baroness Casey.
Baroness CaseyBaroness Casey (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA)
Her report, published on Monday, found the ethnicity of perpetrators had been “shied away from”, with data not recorded for two-thirds of offenders.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper claimed officials had dodged the issue of ethnicity among the groups of sex offenders for fear of being called racist, even though available data showed suspects were disproportionately likely to be Asian men.
The Government has accepted all 12 recommendations made by Lady Casey, including the establishment of a national inquiry.
Mrs Cryer was MP for Keighley when she was alerted to the problem in her constituency by a group of concerned mothers, who said their young daughters were being sexually exploited by a group of older Asian men and the police and social services were refusing to act.
After going public, she faced accusations that she was a racist and also received threatening notes and phone calls, leading police to install a panic alarm in her house.
She stood down as an MP in 2010.
In the years since, a series of high-profile grooming scandals have been exposed, including in Rotherham and Rochdale.
All followed a similar pattern with the large-scale exploitation of mainly white girls by groups of men of predominantly Pakistani heritage, which the authorities failed to tackle.
While Mrs Cryer was battling to win justice for the families of the young victims, she was also having to contend with the fact her husband John – a vicar – was being taken by cancer.
Speaking in 2016, Mrs Cryer said: "There were days when I said to him I'm giving-up the campaigning.
"I was pushing and pushing to get this horrible practice stopped, but people were saying terrible things about me.
"They would shout and scream and call me a racist.
"I had three half-Asian grandchildren. For them to read that I was being called a racist was just an awful thing.
"I almost packed in. I remember saying to John I can't go on any longer, it's ruining my reputation in the Asian community.
"But he kept telling me don't give up on it, I know you're doing the right thing and a lot of people in the community say you're doing the right thing.
"If I hadn't have had John, I might have given up on it.
"He was a great strength to me."
Responding to a ministerial statement on the Casey review, Lord Cryer said: “I rise to speak principally because the first person who raised the issue of the rape gangs, in other words the first whistleblower, happens to be my mum, Ann Cryer MP, who started raising this in 2003.
“She was then smeared and attacked, particularly by Labour figures, I’ve got to say, for being a racist.
“I’m not talking about ministers in the then government, many of whom actually supported her, and in the case of David Blunkett, as then home secretary, went out of his way to make sure that prosecutions happened, which they did.
“I’m talking about councillors, councils and other institutions who went on the attack and lied and smeared about the rape gangs.”
He added: “I think some of them were complicit. Some of them knew it was going on, and they decided to cover up.
“And in those cases, if there is evidence to that fact, then they should be brought before the courts and prosecuted.”
In reply, Home Office minister Lord Hanson of Flint said: “Can I pay tribute to his mother. I served in Parliament with Ann and I know she raised these matters and faced extreme difficulties locally as result, and took a very brave stand at that time.”
Stressing the need to address the issue, he added: “My party hasn’t been in government for 14 years, but we have been in control of some of the councils.
“My party wasn’t in control of government when a lot of these issues happened, but I have still got a responsibility to look at making sure we deal with these in an effective way.”
Earlier, he told peers other recommendations made by Lady Casey would be implemented “in very short order”.
These included making it mandatory to collect ethnicity and nationality data of all suspects in child sexual abuse cases, a change in the law so all adult sex with under-16s would be considered rape, and a review of the criminal records of exploitation victims.
The Telegraph & Argus asked Bradford Council if it wished to provide a statement on Lord Cryer's comments in Parliament.
Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe said: "Ann Cryer was a brilliant MP working with a strong Labour Home Secretary in 2004 who changed the law to support the victims of grooming.
"It would be completely inaccurate to label Ann a racist. It is not racist to call out child sexual abuse, ever. We will always support victims to get them the justice they deserve."




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