Grooming gangs report author Baroness Casey ‘disappointed’ in Tories for ‘politicising’ scandal

Louise Casey criticises Tories for politicising her grooming gangs reportSource: BBC

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00:00What do you think of the politicisation of it?

00:03I'm disappointed by it, to put it mildly.

00:06I really hoped, and hope still, that the report is so clear,

00:13it's so straightforward, we need to change some laws,

00:16we need to do a national criminal investigation,

00:19we need to get on with a national inquiry with local footprint in it,

00:22and ideally, wouldn't it be great if everybody came behind that

00:27and just backed it and got on with it?

00:29I don't know if you were able to see the conversations in the Commons,

00:33the statements in the Commons,

00:34did you see politicisation in the Commons today?

00:37Yes, as I was leaving to actually go and do my own work on this,

00:42I just felt that moment really, dare I say it,

00:46that I felt the opposition could have just been a bit,

00:49you know, yes, we will all come together behind you,

00:53maybe there's still time to do that,

00:55I think it's just so important that they do.

00:56It almost doesn't matter right now, does it?

00:59What political party people are part of,

01:02that we've identified there's a problem,

01:05it's been a problem there a long time,

01:07and it's about time we drew a line in the sand.