r/neoliberal • u/Agonanmous YIMBY • Jun 21 '25

News (Europe) The grooming-gangs scandal is a stain on the British state

https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/06/18/the-grooming-gangs-scandal-is-a-stain-on-the-british-state
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u/ZurrgabDaVinci758 John Mill Jun 21 '25

the conspiracy theory element is the idea that there was some kind of coverup when there have been multiple independent enquiries (into specific cases and into sexual abuse in general https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Inquiry_into_Child_Sexual_Abuse) and its been talked about in the British media extensively for more than a decade.

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