Rather than face up to the racial and religious dimension of the rape gangs scandal, Starmer continues to tell himself comfortable myths about the success of our multicultural society, says James Price

Over the last week, the rest of the world has been introduced to one of Britain’s greatest – and ongoing – shames. Young girls have been systematically targeted and raped by predominantly Pakistani Muslim gangs of men in as many as 50 towns and cities up and down the country.

If parents tried to intervene, police often threatened them with arrest for being racist, and police and other local authorities suppressed the details in the name of ‘community cohesion’ and downplaying racial tensions. Having read some of the details, I do not have the stomach to repeat them here. Suffice to say it is too awful to imagine what has been done to huge numbers of young British girls. And the cover-up, as is becoming ever more apparent, is shocking to the core.

We need to face up to the racial and religious dimension to these crimes. White girls........

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