Disgrace for MP to quit on grooming sex claims

Grooming allegations debate: Dale, Smith, Moran and Rudd A cross-party panel criticised the decision for a Labour MP to lose her job as shadow equalities minister after out over speaking out about child abuse in 2017. Radio commentator Iain Dale … Continue reading →

The Yorkshire Post says: The MP now in fear of her life. Death threats undermine politics

EVEN though there have always been occasions when politicians, and other public figures, have had to take additional security and safety steps, the current abuse being meted out to MPs, as well as their families and staff, marks a depressing … Continue reading →

Criticising Muslims doesn’t make you a racist

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Activists who have denounced Rotherham’s MP are trying to shut down debate about real problems in their community David Aaronovitch Last year, Sarah Champion resigned as Labour’s equalities spokeswoman after writing an article for The Sun about child sex grooming … Continue reading →

True Champion

Rotherham’s MP deserves support for speaking out on sexual abuse There has been no greater exponent of corporate responsibility than Joseph Rowntree. The son of a Quaker family from York, he brought the strict values of religion to the conduct … Continue reading →

Rotherham MP Sarah Champion faced fury for sex gangs article in The Sun

Sarah Champion incurred the wrath of many on the political left when she told readers of The Sun that the country “has a problem with British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls”. She continued: “There. I said it. Does … Continue reading →

Rotherham MP calls for tougher laws to tackle prostitution

A Rotherham MP is to call for paying for sex to be criminalised to reduce demand for prostitution and sex trafficking. Labour’s Sarah Champion is set to use a Westminster Hall debate this afternoon to press the Government to make … Continue reading →

Can anyone tell us what’s going on here?

Dear Friend I am writing to make you aware of a report being launched today by Just Yorkshire titled “Understanding and assessing the impact of Rotherham MP, Sarah Champion’s comments in the Sun Newspaper on 10 August 2017”.  It is … Continue reading →

Ruthlessly Silenced

By lying to ourselves, more vulnerable girls are put at risk BRITISH author Frances Hardinge once wrote: “Truth is dangerous. It topples palaces and kills kings…And yet there is one thing that is more dangerous than Truth. Those who would … Continue reading →

Far-right protests draining police resources, figures reveal

South Yorkshire police forced to spend almost £5m since start of 2012 on keeping peace at demonstrations South Yorkshire police have spent nearly £5m on policing far-right protests since the beginning of 2012, figures have shown. Freedom of information requests … Continue reading →

Sarah Champion: The deep scars of Orgreave show why we need to reform the justice system

It is over 30 years since the events that have become known as the Battle of Orgreave, the clashes between police and pickets at the Orgreave Coking Works, in my constituency. Since that day, allegations surrounding the conduct of South Yorkshire Police … Continue reading →