Lisa Nandy defends Yvette Cooper’s decision to order urgent review following pressure driven by Elon Musk
During her interview on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning, culture secretary Lisa Nandy robustly defended prime minister Keir Starmer’s comments about politicians amplifying the far-right over grooming and rape gangs.
In a terse exchange, presenter Nick Robinson said to her “Keir Starmer originally said no need for any inquiries. In fact, he insulted the people who were calling for them”.”
The fact is that if you, say for eight years, you don’t raise once the issue of a national inquiry, and actually you’re part of a government that welcomes the Prof Alexis Jay inquiry, that says that that is sufficient, and then a few months later, when you’re in opposition, change your mind because of things that are happening on social media, I would say that is opportunist, and I don’t think it’s putting the victims first.
What I won’t tolerate is politicians jumping on the bandwagon simply to get attention, when those politicians sat in government for 14 long years, tweeting, talking, but not doing anything about it. Now, so desperate for attention that they’re amplifying what the far-right is saying.
We’ve seen far too many women prosecuted over recent years for being unable to pay it, and it’s a flat fee that means that poorer people pay proportionately more than anybody else. I think that doesn’t help the BBC, it doesn’t help the government, and it doesn’t help people in this country.
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