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UK: Labour shadow minister resigns, apologizes for pointing out rape gangs are made up of Pakistanis

Aug 16, 2017 2:29 pm By Robert Spencer

“The Rotherham MP wrote in the Sun on Friday that ‘Britain has a problem with British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls.’ She has now apologised for her ‘extremely poor choice of words’ and quit as shadow equalities minister.”

Why? What was false about what she said? She would come closer to the truth if she had said that “Britain has a problem with Muslim men raping and exploiting non-Muslim girls,” as this is not a racial issue at its core, but the treatment of it as a racial issue is near-universal in Britain.

The Labour Party, like all of the British political and media establishment, is at war with reality.

“Sarah Champion quits Labour front bench over rape article,” BBC, August 16, 2017:

Labour shadow minister Sarah Champion has quit the party’s front bench after criticism over a newspaper article she wrote about grooming gangs.

The Rotherham MP wrote in the Sun on Friday that “Britain has a problem with British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls”.

She has now apologised for her “extremely poor choice of words” and quit as shadow equalities minister.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he had accepted her resignation.

Ms Champion’s article was written after 17 men were convicted of forcing girls in Newcastle to have sex.

The men, who were mostly British-born, were from Iraqi, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian, Iranian and Turkish communities.

‘Dangerous precedent’

In interviews following the convictions, the Labour MP said such crimes involved “predominately Pakistani men” and said a fear of being called racist was hampering the authorities’ investigations.

She then wrote the Sun article, which also included the line: “These people are predators and the common denominator is their ethnic heritage.”

Among the article’s critics was fellow Labour MP Naz Shah, who said it was “irresponsible” and “setting a dangerous precedent”.

Following the backlash, Ms Champion sought to distance herself from the article, claiming it had been altered, something denied by the newspaper.

Announcing she was stepping down, Ms Champion said: “I apologise for the offence caused by the extremely poor choice of words in the Sun article on Friday.

“I am concerned that my continued position in the shadow cabinet would distract from the crucial issues around child protection which I have campaigned on my entire political career.

“It is therefore with regret that I tender my resignation as shadow secretary of state for women and equalities.”

Mr Corbyn said: “I have accepted Sarah Champion’s resignation and thank her for her work in the shadow cabinet….

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  1. Mockingjay says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 2:44 pm

    It’s easy to see why someone speaking the truth is “setting a dangerous precedent” as far as muslims are concerned.

    The truth is always most feared by liers and deceivers.

    • moeped says

      Aug 16, 2017 at 6:47 pm

      +1

      • Mike says

        Aug 17, 2017 at 1:11 am

        +2

        • pumbar says

          Aug 17, 2017 at 2:56 am

          +3

    • Baucent says

      Aug 16, 2017 at 8:19 pm

      Exactly.

    • balam says

      Aug 17, 2017 at 6:11 am

      Sadly ,the MUSLIMS and their LEFTIST supporters suffer from TRUTH-O-PHOBIA. The common denominator in this case was that they all came from MUSLIM background .They all were Muslims .You can call me ‘BIGOT’ as well for speaking the truth. It is the ISLAMIC TEACHING which drives Muslims to behave that way. Rape seems to be a HOBBY in Islam .It is sanctioned by Mohammad in Quran.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

  2. Jean Terry says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 2:58 pm

    England and Europe will go down the tube as they practice political correctness. Or eventually there will be civil wars throughout these countries as the non-Muslims get fed up with it all. I cannot believe that such unintelligent leaders are elected who push false narratives. We have to tell it like it is.

    • Minutes1234 says

      Aug 21, 2017 at 3:00 am

      We do!

  3. John A. Marre says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 3:01 pm

    Groveling on bended knee doesn’t work. Once you commit the unforgivable sin of saying the truth about Muslims, you are slated to be eliminated. You have to quit, and even then they will make sure you are destroyed, never able to get a comparable job again.

  4. Carlos Danger says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 3:08 pm

    those rape-artists were from numerous different ethnic backgrounds. their common denominator is Islam.

    • Minutes1234 says

      Aug 19, 2017 at 8:05 pm

      Yes.

  5. B. Burr says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 3:31 pm

    It’s really quite unfortunate she felt she should resign. She was willing to say it as she saw it. Her bservation that it was the commonality of the rapist’s ‘ethnic’ heritage that she found important. Indeed, it is.
    Obviously, an sycophant, Hamas loving Arab bootlicker like Jeremy Corbyn might not find her observations in keeping with his tastes. But, without question, she’ll be back. We need her honesty!

    • pumbar says

      Aug 17, 2017 at 3:00 am

      She was the Rotherham MP who covered up the first major scandal to break. I wouldn’t laud her too much.

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 17, 2017 at 6:08 pm

        Thanks for that background, Pumbar.

        • pumbar says

          Aug 18, 2017 at 8:55 am

          NP 🙂

    • Gondor says

      Aug 17, 2017 at 7:09 am

      She was foolish and naive enough to think the Left had any interest in hearing or speaking the truth.

      What she should have done is defect to a party with a backbone that would actually support her; but instead she was undone by her own poor understanding of how irredeemable Leftist parties are.

  6. Kenny says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 3:44 pm

    What a sad state of affairs! If Orwell were alive he’d have a field day with all the political peddling of lies and deceit.

    The fact is though that had she not resigned over this, Corbyn would’ve sacked her.

    What was once a brave (and why is bravery necessary in telling the truth?), well intentioned person has been broken by the desperation for some to collect ‘right on of the week award’, yes, that means you Corbyn, and every other political shyster! One wonders how they will feel when their own relatives and loved ones are subject to ‘cultural enrichment’, of this sort? And they will be, when it spreads to the chattering classes districts of Islington and Hampstead.

  7. Guy Macher says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 3:55 pm

    Too bad we can’t get an apology from Churchill for bad-mouthing Hitler. Britain is kaput.

    • Michael Warden says

      Aug 17, 2017 at 2:00 am

      Perhaps we could force Churchill’s descendants to apologise retrospectively ?

      I am still waiting for an apology from the House of Windsor in respect of an ancesator of mine who was killed fighting for Cromwell at Naseby (1645).

      We won, by the way.

    • Shmooviyet says

      Aug 17, 2017 at 8:06 am

      Yes– one can imagine Choudary & co being welcomed onto the bootlicking BBC to issue their demand for the destruction of Churchill images and statues, for all the hateful intolerance he hurled at the RoP– while quaking Lefties applaud.

      Perhaps it’s already happened and we missed it.

      • Paul says

        Aug 17, 2017 at 8:24 am

        At least Choudary is completely honest. Cultural Marxists want exactly
        the same things as him , but they speak in much more fanciful terms
        and want to create the illusion that they are nice, caring, “tolerant” and
        “diverse” people. Choudary’s honesty gives him precisely one more quality
        than what they possess.

    • Phil Copson says

      Aug 18, 2017 at 6:30 pm

      Obviously, what Churchill should have done after each and every air-raid, was to hurry round to the German Embassy to assure them that he knew that it was absolutely nothing to do with them, and promise that he was taking all possible precautions to ensure that there wouldn’t be a “British back-lash” against Germany…..

  8. WorkingClassPost says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 4:13 pm

    The weirdest thing is that she was trying to minimise the islamic aspect, by highlighting the ethnicity of the perps, but they got her anyway.

    When we’re told to say nothing, they really do mean say absolutely NOTHING.

  9. Bernard Greenwood says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 4:15 pm

    Just how would you be able to describe the common factor of the groups of non white males accused of rape of white girls that would be immune to complaints by those who would claim to be offended? Impossible task.One of the dubious “benefits” of cultural diversity.The only answer is equally impossible and that is to turn the clock back to saner times.

    • Minutes1234 says

      Aug 20, 2017 at 3:54 am

      To late it is now war.

  10. somehistory says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 4:38 pm

    satan the devil is the “father of the lie” and his children are evident by the fact that they not only lie, but hate and fear the Truth.

    islum is a wild beast from satan. It is built on lies and sustained by lies. All of its adherents are liars. Anyone who wishes to tell the truth, must understand that he/she will be attacked.

    Jesus Christ spoke only the Truth and He was murdered for doing so.

    satan’s wild beast, islum, has been given power; the power to force worship and the power to murder those who refuse to worship…and those who tell the Truth.

    • Paul says

      Aug 17, 2017 at 8:32 am

      The leftist-islamist alliance can be summarised as follows :

      “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light
      and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” (Isaiah 5:20)

      • Louis Schwartz says

        Aug 17, 2017 at 5:38 pm

        Paul: Indeed.

        • Paul says

          Aug 17, 2017 at 7:56 pm

          🙂

  11. Guest says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 4:59 pm

    She didn’t say anything that wasn’t true

    • Minutes1234 says

      Aug 20, 2017 at 4:01 am

      Truth is in the eye of the beholder and who instigated this ?

      To speak to truth is now a criminal offence both politically and morally.
      The Bell Is Tolling.

      • Phil Copson says

        Aug 20, 2017 at 9:33 am

        “…To speak to truth is now a criminal offence both politically and morally. The Bell Is Tolling…..”

        Actually – it isn’t. The chimes of Big Ben will be silent for the next four years – (how the hell can it take FOUR YEARS to repair/reinforce a simple structure ?) – and the Battle of Britain memorial flight of a Lancaster, Hurricanes and Spitfires has been grounded.

        It is hard not to see these acts as symbolic, even if they aren’t a deliberate act of genuflection to the EU.

  12. Sarah says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 6:35 pm

    Labour MP Naz Shah warns that this could set a dangerous precedent.

    Yeah, because a Politician actually telling the truth as it is, is almost unheard of. Especially a Left-Wing Politician. Speaking the truth and highlighting unpalatable facts, is indeed dangerous to the Left.

    • mortimer says

      Aug 17, 2017 at 1:08 am

      Good point, Sarah, maybe the Labour MPs are getting angry letters from former Labour supporters and they are finally starting to change their submission to Sharia.

    • Jayell says

      Aug 17, 2017 at 1:41 am

      – Exactly. Why would someone with a name like Naz Shah be so upset by this? It’s obvious where this person’s interests lie – clearly with himself and his sort and with no respect, consideration or sense of responsibility for anyone else. This little episode has really given the game away about the state of things ‘ iin the UK; the so-called ‘community cohesion’ where a certain minority inter-relates with the rest purely for its own depraved gratification and you’re not allowed to say anything. If that isn’t symptomatic of a ‘hostile invasion scenario’ I’ll eat my hat!

      • pumbar says

        Aug 17, 2017 at 3:10 am

        Naz shah is female. She was one of many Liebour MPs who were investigated for blatant antisemitism, not long ago, by none other than Shami Chakrabarti.
        She, oddly, found no traces of antisemitism in the party.
        Thanks to Corbyn she is now Dame Chakrabarti.
        Odd eh…

        • Louis Schwartz says

          Aug 17, 2017 at 5:55 pm

          pumbar: This “Labour Party” of yours sounds just like our “Democratic Party”. Two parties of traitors and liars.

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 17, 2017 at 6:23 pm

          Thanks again, Pumbar.

        • pumbar says

          Aug 18, 2017 at 8:52 am

          You are correct there Louis, a ‘party or the people’ that despises its own people.

          Cheers Gravenimage.

        • pumbar says

          Aug 18, 2017 at 8:54 am

          That’s ‘a party of the people’, a pox on my podgy digits!

  13. moeped says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 6:49 pm

    Sad state of affairs. Truth is now punishable. Eventually we’ll push back and it won’t be pretty for anyone. You know, just like every where else in this world where this scourge is allowed to flourish.

  14. Baucent says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 8:22 pm

    She got it right the first time. now backing down she looks weak and without moral backbone.

    The reality is everyone in Britain knows “Pakistani muslim men” are the problem, but like the Emperor’s new clothes, you aren’t allowed to say the bleeding obvious.

  15. gravenimage says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 8:41 pm

    UK: Labour shadow minister resigns, apologizes for pointing out rape gangs are made up of Pakistanis
    ………………….

    *Disgusting*. Sarah Champion said nothing that was not correct.

  16. Matthieu Baudin says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 9:56 pm

    “… I am concerned that my continued position in the shadow cabinet would distract from the crucial issues around child protection which I have campaigned on my entire political career…”

    She can probably be more effective as an agent for change if she no longer has to be constrained by the dead weight of the jellyfish who currently occupy the shadow cabinet, Jeremy Corbyn being perhaps the most spineless amongst them.

  17. Georg says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 10:01 pm

    Oh, Naz Shah doesn’t like us acknowledging ethnically British girls are systematically targeted by Pakistani Muslims? Her outrage is on behalf of the Pakistani community…

    These are dangerous and bigoted people at the helm. How dare she say something like this after what has resulted from this very attitude? She ought to be…

    • Anne Smith says

      Aug 17, 2017 at 4:53 am

      I believe one Northern rape gang were almost all Pakistanis of Mirpuri origin, a tribe which is heavily interrelated. It seems everyone in the area is related to at least one member of the rape gangs.

      The “cultural enrichment” of which the Labour politicians are so heavily enamoured is alive and well and taking over Britain.

      • Minutes1234 says

        Aug 20, 2017 at 4:09 am

        Not yet.

  18. mortimer says

    Aug 17, 2017 at 1:04 am

    Sarah Champion meant well, but her statement “These people are predators and the common denominator is their ethnic heritage.” … was not entirely accurate, since the convicted terrorists are from different ethnicities.

    What they have in common is Islamic MISOGYNY that is based on the Koran, hadiths, Sira, Sharia law and 1400 years of history and tradition. The rape of KAFIRS has been normative Islamic practice in all lands conquered by Muslims. This is historical fact. Now Britain joins the ranks of Germany, Norway and Sweden as competitors in the MOST RAPES IN EUROPE BY MUSLIMS sweepstakes. The ‘prize’ is having a demoralized country ready to submit to Sharia.

    • Baucent says

      Aug 17, 2017 at 2:38 am

      You are correct to point out that the muslim communities in these northern England cities are now more multi-national than simply of Pakistani origin. In the last two or three years many more muslim ethnic and national groups have migrated to Britain and this was a feature in the Newcastle trial. At Rotherham it was almost exclusively Pakistani muslim offenders. Times have changed, for the worst, again.

    • John Forbes says

      Aug 17, 2017 at 5:20 am

      SARAH CHAMPION was the only one that I have seen who stated the truth ! The groups are MUSLIM CHILD RAPISTS & in Rotherham they are Kashmiri Pakistani but other places they come from Afghanistan & Somalia & India & Turkey but the common denominator is that they are MUSLIMS !
      There have been white women facilitators as well who seem to have been victims earlier on.

      If you ;listen to Andrew Norfolk = an uncomfortable truth it spells some of this out after he did a couple of years of digging through files,
      The most extensive work is EASY MEAT but 99% of these people are MUSLIMS !
      Realistically it seems to be both Racial & Religious & there is no REMORSE shown in any instance that I have seen or heard of just annoyance at getting caught !

      The People who accompany these CHILD RAPE MONSTERS to court are aggressive in their support & their communities knew and know & seem to support the CHILD RAPING,GROOMING ,PIMPING of largely WHITE children & take great glee in their destruction for Profit !!

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 17, 2017 at 6:53 pm

      True, Mortimer–but it was still too close to the truth for the British authorities. *Ugh*.

  19. mortimer says

    Aug 17, 2017 at 1:06 am

    Jeremy Corbyn has already submitted to Sharia law.

  20. Laura says

    Aug 17, 2017 at 5:04 am

    She then wrote the Sun article, which also included the line: “These people are predators and the common denominator is their ethnic heritage.”

    Had she written, ‘Islamic heritage’ the muslim world would have erupted in fury, fatwas would have been issued, streets would have been blocked by enraged muslims, cars torched, embassies besieged and heads hacked.
    However, her grovelling apology and resignation seems to have calmed things down…for now.

  21. Paul F Austin says

    Aug 17, 2017 at 5:38 am

    Odd isn’t it? A courageous article and a cowardly withdrawal. Surely a sign of the times. This COULD have been her moment of glory – instead of which she has actually become a tool of Islam – backing off after simply telling the truth – I am not sure whether I pity her or despise her. Either way she will still have her jowls in the trough – Oh my, another weak willed victim of the fear that Islam in this country has engendered. From whence shall a true Crusader emerge? Probably another Polish ‘General’ – ?????? (This one fervently hopes!).

  22. Bob says

    Aug 17, 2017 at 6:05 am

    On another tack, a BBC programme yesterday featured an all-women boxing club where muslima are learing to defend themselves against rude infidel who take a dim view of the hijab and letter-box headgear…but not a mention of the thousands of men, women and children being slaughtered, world-wide by islamic groups.SSSSHHH!!!

  23. Peacemaker says

    Aug 17, 2017 at 7:48 am

    Devil cannot stand the truth. Thus, leftiests and Labour party have to remove those who come too close to the truth.

  24. Mike Blackford says

    Aug 17, 2017 at 9:15 am

    GOD bless you, Sarah. It’s long past due some one speaks truth to existence. Your courage and common sense proves testicular fortitude isn’t gender specific and bodily located…its spiritual. You men out there, take note.

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