{"id":1402023,"date":"2022-03-26T16:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T20:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1402023"},"modified":"2022-03-26T16:30:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T20:30:18","slug":"rotherham-child-rape-gangs-epicentre-brands-itself-childrens-capital-of-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rotherham-child-rape-gangs-epicentre-brands-itself-childrens-capital-of-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotherham: Child Rape Gangs Epicentre Brands Itself &#039;Children&#039;s Capital of Culture&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frotherham-child-rape-gangs-epicentre-brands-itself-childrens-capital-of-culture%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1402023&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Child rape gangs hotspot Rotherham is attempting to brand itself \u201cthe world\u2019s first Children\u2019s Capital of Culture\u201d, attempting to distance itself from its reputation as the place where 1,400 girls were systematically groomed and raped while officials failed to act.<\/p>\n<p>During the February school half-term Rotherham Council transformed its town centre into a playground \u201cfor the young community\u201d as part of a wider festival.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>This municipal government project has received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotherham.gov.uk\/news\/article\/499\/spotlight-on-rotherham-as-it-launches-children-s-capital-of-culture-programme\">\u00a31.4 million<\/a>\u00a0in funding from the central government and that aims to reshape the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.examinerlive.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/yorkshires-51-most-poverty-stricken-19463037\">deprived<\/a> Northern town into a \u201ccultural destination and home to a hive of creative talent\u201d by 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This push to style Rotherham a \u201cChildren\u2019s Capital of Culture\u201d will grate with members of the public familiar with the <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-south-yorkshire-28939089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Jay Report<\/a>\u00a0which found that largely\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2017\/12\/10\/84-grooming-gangs-asian-report\/\">men largely of South Asian, Pakistani Muslim heritage<\/a>\u00a0systematically raped and groomed at least 1,400 young girls there between\u00a01997 and 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The author of the report, Professor Alexis Jay, said that \u201cno-one knows the true scale of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham over the years\u201d and her \u201cconservative estimate is that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited over the full inquiry period, from 1997 to 2013.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Jay uncovered horrors including \u201cchildren who had been doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight, threatened with guns, made to witness brutally violent rapes and threatened they would be next if they told anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is hard to describe the appalling nature of the abuse that child victims suffered,\u201d she continued, suggesting \u201cthe authorities involved have a great deal to answer for\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Jay found\u00a0police \u201ceffectively suppressed\u201d reports of the crimes, supposedly because they believed the claims were \u201cexaggerated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Those who attempted to blow the whistle on the scandal were also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/23\/grooming-gang-whistleblower-claims-police-said-she-was-rocking-the-multicultural-boat\/\">discouraged<\/a> byofficers who warned them that, as the abusers were largely Southg Asian and their victims largely white, a major investigation would be \u201crocking the multicultural boat\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grooming Gang Whistleblower Claims Police Said She Was \u2018Being Racist\u2019 and \u2018Rocking the Multicultural Boat\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8LYszyPu4d\">https:\/\/t.co\/8LYszyPu4d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1506707357597904905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Billy Howarth, the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/ParentsAgainstGrooming\/\">Parents Against Grooming UK<\/a> (PAGUK),\u00a0a pro-children\u2019s rights and anti-abuse group based in Rochdale, another rape gangs hotspot, told\u00a0Breitbart London that \u201cthe same people and politicians who failed so many now get to call their town \u2018Capital of Children\u2019s Culture\u2019 \u2014 a culture of ignoring child abuse, a capital of ignorance and malfeasant children\u2019s services and policing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLest we forget, this scheme is pushed by the very same people who turned their backs on children being abused, essentially facilitating this abuse by doing so,\u201d Howarth alleged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore focus should be on supporting those they failed and those they are failing now. I fear any child-oriented initiative Rotherham Council run is dangerous until those responsible for the facilitation of the industrial-sized child abuse are held to account for their malfeasance, nonfeasance and malpractice,\u201d Howarth said.<\/p>\n<p>In a warning to all parents in and around Rotherham, Howarth advised people to \u201ckeep their kids clear of any Rotherham council-led initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickBuckleyMBE?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Nick Buckley MBE<\/a>, the Reform UK party candidate in the Manchester mayoral election and founder of the Mancunian Way charity which helps prevent young people from becoming involved in crime, said the scheme was \u201cobviously an attempt to move the reputation of Rotherham away from the horrendous gang rape of thousands of children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis may be a good thing, but only if the council can guarantee that such crimes have stopped. If not, then this cultural event will just highlight the lack of personal responsibility of local politicians to protect children\u201d, Buckley said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cover-Up Continues? Police in Rape Gangs Hotspot Not Recording Ethnicity of Abusers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YGp7V7yrAL\">https:\/\/t.co\/YGp7V7yrAL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1477620579209560064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Child rape gangs hotspot Rotherham is attempting to brand itself \u201cthe world\u2019s first Children\u2019s Capital of Culture\u201d, attempting to distance itself from its reputation as the place where 1,400 girls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1402023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1402023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1402023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1402023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1402023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}