A third rape gang victim has quit Labour’s inquiry panel. That’s after a candidate to be the chairman dropped out this morning…
The victim, known as Elizabeth Harper, told GB News she was leaving the panel because she feared there was a lack of “genuine understanding of the grooming gangs scandal”. She added:
“I joined in the hope of helping to bring real change – to ensure that no survivor would ever again have to fight to be heard. Sadly, I no longer believe that this panel is delivering the truth, transparency, and accountability that survivors deserve.”
And Downing Street says the inquiry isn’t in crisis…
Shadow national security minister Alicia Kearns told Times Radio she would have put a precondition on a China trip if she were PM:
“I would have put a precondition that I was not going to go if I was prime minister, unless Jimmy Lai was coming home with me. I would also put a precondition in the six months leading up to the visit that I wanted a reduction in hostile acts against our country. But that’s not what we saw. And actually, in contrast, what we saw was clearly the Chinese Communist Party did put a precondition, which was that the new embassy in London had to be signed off. So why is it okay for China to set preconditions and to make very clear red lines about what they require for a visit, but we go without having put any ourselves?”