A row has escalated over grooming gangs, with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accusing Sir Keir Starmer of using 'Labour smear tactics' and claiming he is 'a man of the past'.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of using 'Labour smear tactics from 20 years ago' in the wake of an escalating row over grooming gangs .The prime minister said 'a line had been crossed' in the criticism of safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, who Elon Musk called a 'witch' and 'rape genocide apologist'.Sir Keir condemned the Tories for not calling out the comments, saying too many politicians were 'casual about honesty and decency'.
He added that Ms Badenoch's calls for a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation were undermined by the previous government's failure to implement the recommendations of a previous report, saying it showed 'trying to get noticed is more important'.Reacting to this, Ms Badenoch said Sir Keir is 'applying Labour smear tactics from 20 years ago and thinks they will work today'.She added: 'He is a man of the past with no answers for today's problems, let alone tomorrow's.'That such a huge scandal could occur should prompt soul-searching not ranting that those of us who care about it are 'the far-right'
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