{"id":324323,"date":"2017-09-02T18:57:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T17:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/floppy-left-fear-racist-tag-on-sex-grooming-says-labour-mp-sarah-champion\/"},"modified":"2017-09-02T18:57:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T17:57:32","slug":"floppy-left-fear-racist-tag-on-sex-grooming-says-labour-mp-sarah-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/floppy-left-fear-racist-tag-on-sex-grooming-says-labour-mp-sarah-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Floppy left\u2019 fear racist tag on sex grooming, says Labour MP Sarah Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/floppy-left-fear-racist-tag-on-sex-grooming-says-labour-mp-sarah-champion-11016956\"><strong>Sky News<\/strong><\/a><br \/>Sept 2, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Politicians on the \u201cfloppy left\u201d are too scared to confront the facts on sex grooming gangs because they fear being branded racist, a Labour MP has said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Champion, who resigned last month as Labour\u2019s shadow women and equalities minister, also accused many London-based colleagues of misunderstanding towns in northern England.<\/p>\n<p>The MP for Rotherham quit the frontbench after writing in The Sun that Britain \u201chas a problem with British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a series of cases in towns including Rochdale, Oxford and Newcastle in which groups of men, largely of Pakistani origin, have been convicted of multiple sex crimes against white girls.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Champion\u2019s article led to a backlash from within Labour, while leader Jeremy Corbyn, an MP for Islington in north London, said his party would not \u201cblame\u201d or \u201cdemonise any particular group\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/floppy-left-fear-racist-tag-on-sex-grooming-says-labour-mp-sarah-champion-11016956\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Saturday, September 2, 2017  at  9:26 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/floppy-left-fear-racist-tag-on-sex-grooming-says-labour-mp-sarah-champion.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p>        <!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n --><\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/floppy-left-fear-racist-tag-on-sex-grooming-says-labour-mp-sarah-champion.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky NewsSept 2, 2017 Politicians on the \u201cfloppy left\u201d are too scared to confront the facts on sex grooming gangs because they fear being branded racist, a Labour MP has said. 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