I'm not going to whitewash the Tories' failure to hold people accountable for the betrayal of Britain's young women in the decades-long rape gang scandal.
Tens or hundreds of thousands of British girls were...it's impossible to describe the horrors they faced, or the betrayal by the governments involved. If many of us had our way, the wood chippers could be kept busy for years as they dispensed justice to everybody involved.
But the current malefactors are the Labour government, which has been doing everything it can to slow-walk the inquiry into what happened and who was responsible for the betrayals. No doubt one of the main reasons is that Labour politicians are deeply implicated, as is Keir Starmer himself.
Starmer, you see, was head of the Crown Prosecution Service at the height of the abuses, and it isn't really clear that all the abuses have stopped yet. He opposed the idea of conducting any inquiry, calling it "far-right," and reversed course only because the political pressure was too intense to ignore.
When I say that Labour is slow-walking the process, I am not exaggerating. The official report will not be released until 2029, five years after it was initially authorized under great pressure.
Britain needs to understand the sophisticated level of coordination between the rape gangs - it goes far deeper than anybody realises.
— Rupert Lowe MP (@RupertLowe10) February 10, 2026
A national crime network, of the most depraved kind.
Our inquiry is finding evidence of advanced links between dozens and dozens of towns and…
Britain needs to understand the sophisticated level of coordination between the rape gangs - it goes far deeper than anybody realises.
A national crime network, of the most depraved kind.
Our inquiry is finding evidence of advanced links between dozens and dozens of towns and cities.
This is not simply dispersed groups of savages.
This is coordinated, right across the country. The tactics are well rehearsed, and well drilled. They know EXACTLY what they are doing.
Nothing is off limits to these people - nothing.
And there is ZERO appetite in Westminster or the media to even discuss it.
This is all so much worse than anybody knows.
Rupert Lowe, a newly elected Reform UK MP, has done something the British government has not: gotten to work getting the facts out and helping the victims find a voice. He crowdfunded an "unofficial" but highly credible inquiry that gathered as much government data as could be gotten from freedom of information requests, and began taking testimony in public.
And the scandal is SO MUCH WORSE than any of us could imagine. It's not so much that it was impossible to cobble together a picture of the horrors and betrayals of the young British women who were abused for years; it's that laying it all out on the table, and hearing from one victim after another about how they suffered and how government officials betrayed them, is absolutely heartbreaking in a way that having the information dispensed over years in dribs and drabs cannot communicate.
It is all so much worse than anybody realises. pic.twitter.com/Cqm4wdBwgH
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 12, 2026
Government officials didn't just look away. Some actually profited from selling girls to their abusers. Police would arrest girls, return them to their abusers, or call them prostitutes to dismiss their complaints.
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 12, 2026
Rapists walked into group homes and got to choose which girls they wanted. Not only did the authorities do nothing about it, but they also punished the girls for reporting the abuse.
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 12, 2026
Some of these girls were abducted and taken to Pakistan, and many of those are still missing to this day.
Cross-party support for a full state investigation into the missing girls who have been trafficked to Pakistan or elsewhere. pic.twitter.com/Fo3rn1TOm7
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 12, 2026
Even people who tried to help the girls faced discipline. This goes far beyond government officials covering things up for the sake of multiculturalism; it wasn't just looking the other way. They were in on it.
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 11, 2026
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 11, 2026
Is it any wonder that the British establishment has done everything it could to bury this? For decades, they knew what was going on and buried it, either because they were complicit themselves or to maintain the fiction that "diversity is our strength."
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 11, 2026
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 11, 2026
Taxi networks are playing a large role in these rape gangs across the country. pic.twitter.com/TkIM4gOXj4
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 11, 2026
Who were the victims? They were considered disposable, coming mainly from the lower classes, and as you can see, many of them were wards of the state. Girls who were in group homes were sold by the people charged with caring for them, and dismissed by the doctors and social workers whose job was to ensure their health and safety.
Parents would beg for help from the police, who obviously were in on it at some level.
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 11, 2026
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 10, 2026
There are other Members of Parliament, even from Labour, who have had the courage to show up at the inquiry. There are still people of conscience in government.
But not enough. It has taken a Reform UK MP to help these victims get their stories out and to start to lay the facts on the table and force people to look at them.
Thousands and thousands and thousands of girls were put through physical and psychological torture by these gangs. It continues today.
— Rupert Lowe MP (@RupertLowe10) February 10, 2026
I know it's difficult to see these testimonies given to our inquiry. But please read it. Digest it.
Britain needs to finally understand. pic.twitter.com/WEVgqOhW5I
Starmer calls this "far right."
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 10, 2026
Will there be justice for these girls? Or will Labour just keep delaying and delaying until they can say "Move On?"
UPDATE: From Rupert Lowe
Today marks the end of the survivor participation for our rape gang inquiry hearings. I simply have no words that describe the bravery and courage of these women who have come forward.
— Rupert Lowe MP (@RupertLowe10) February 12, 2026
No words.
What they have been through is indescribable.
It has been a life-changing… pic.twitter.com/HuOSGkHmNh
Today marks the end of the survivor participation for our rape gang inquiry hearings. I simply have no words that describe the bravery and courage of these women who have come forward.
No words.
What they have been through is indescribable.
It has been a life-changing experience for me. I never thought such evil was possible. Never. Not here, in Britain. In our towns, in our communities. It is pure evil. These men are so utterly depraved.
If it were up to me, thousands of them would receive the death penalty.
To do what they did, on such an industrial scale, to innocent young girls - many of whom were already in such an incredibly vulnerable place? There is no redemption possible. The world is a better place without them in it.
I started this inquiry because so many others failed.
Speaking honestly, I did not understand how deep this evil is rooted in our society.
Police, politicians, council officials, the NHS, social workers, children’s homes - it is everywhere.
IS everywhere. Not was. IS.
Meeting these women, and men, listening to how severely they were failed by those tasked to protect them? My views have changed forever. I knew it was bad. I never knew how bad it was.
Every single one who has come forward is a hero in my view.
The courage and grace in how they have conducted themselves is unlike anything I have seen in my life. All because they don’t want others to suffer the same fate. That is an extraordinary sacrifice. They could have just moved on with their lives. Tried to forget. But no, they chose to do this. I am in awe of all of them.
Our hearings will finish tomorrow, following the contribution of three more expert witnesses.
Then the next stage begins. We will produce a report, and then we will seek to put people in prison. There are FAR more testimonies and evidence to release - this will keep coming and coming and coming.
Even with a media blackout, we have reached tens of millions. We have made real progress.
And following such immense demand, we will reopen the portal so that more women can tell their stories.
This is just the beginning.
Politicians from all parties have failed these girls, again and again and again.
I do not intend to join that list.
To everyone who donated, thank you. To our team, thank you. And especially to the survivors, thank you.
I believe that together we can start to make Britain understand what is happening, and then finally do something about it.
I'm wondering if any of the pronouncements of the Muslim Council of Britain may be Britophobic...
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) February 11, 2026
Let's stop playing with loaded words and let's examine
to what extent Islam can integrate with British values
Do they insist on Female Genital Mutilation, Marriage between cousins,… https://t.co/EuZZ0y9nId
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