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Justice for Men & Boys 
I’m unconvinced by that video. What I see was Phillips asking ‘survivors’ if they wanted the scope broadened. Are these victims – alleged or proven – not to be asked their opinions? It seems to me that the enquiry is being directed by what victims want, in this instance. The enquiry is not investigating anything wider than grooming gangs, which is presumably what the majority of victims wanted.
I do not let the Government off lightly on this matter. They have prevaricated and dodged one way and another over this vital issue, which I have been highlighting and writing to my MPs about for some time. The issues are not clear-cut. The issue is not just about men from Pakistan, nor just about girls, nor even just about white children. Yet the media (and most people in the country now, who are happy to believe the media when it aligns with their prejudice) concentrates solely on men from Pakistan and white girls.
Traumatised victims unfortunately do not make for good legal witnesses. This is as true of people abused as a child as it is of men cheated upon and divorced against their will. A proper enquiry (which the current one is not, for other reasons) would not be public, would have women’s rights (not feminist) and men’s rights and children’s rights groups involved as well as people on a panel who understood about taking evidence from psychologically traumatised people. And the media circus would be absent until the report published its conclusion.
My heart goes out to all the victims, many of them traumatised over and over by everyone from care home managers, police, local authorities and charities up to national politicians, and now the media that only wants sensationalism.
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I love the contrasting and calm manner of the other female MP saying “The minister has an aggressive and defensive tone”. In other words “Calm down, dear”. A simple demonstration in how to beat Jess Phillips’ dogma and lies.
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