Reform UK leader Nigel Farage launched a furious attack on the Government tonight over what he called the “mass-rape abomination” grooming scandals of young girls in UK towns and cities.
Speaking to an audience in Leceister tonight Mr Farage said: “The so-called grooming scandal, or shall we call it the mass-rape abomination, this is all back in the news.”
He continued by asking the audience if they had read some of the accounts online, adding: “What happened to girls as young as 11, 12 and 13-years-old.
“If you haven’t read the transcripts that are online, I advise you not to, because you frankly won’t be able to go to sleep.
“What happened in this country, and it didn’t just happen in one place, it wasn’t just Oldham, it happened in towns and cities all over the United Kingdom on an industrial scale.”
The Reform UK leader continued that what he called mainstream media did “their best not to cover it”, but he saved a mention for the Prime Minister, saying: “Keir Starmer, it would appear, when he had the big job as Director of Public Prosecutions in 2008, chose not to prosecute a grooming mass rape case.”
Mr Farage’s claims were met with boos from the auditorium.
The Reform UK leader was echoing the sentiments of billionaire Elon Musk who launched an attack on his social media platform X after the Government rejected a request by Oldham Council for the Home Office to manage an inquiry into child sex trafficking rings in the UK.
Mr Musk said: “In the UK, serious crimes such as rape require the Crown Prosecution Service’s approval for the police to charge suspects.
“Who was the head of the CPS when rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without facing justice? Keir Starmer, 2008-2013.”
In a series of posts on his social media site, Mr Musk described the Prime Minister as “two-tier Keir”, claiming there was “no justice for severe, violent crimes but prison for social media posts”.
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