I am triply sickened by the British-Pakistani grooming scandal. Firstly, by the men who objectified and used young white girls and their families, and the communities and wrong-headed anti-racists on the left who still protect them.

Secondly, by far-right warriors – Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson, Reform heroes and some mainstream Tories too – spreading poisonous stories which, they hope, will bring down the Labour government. They, too, are objectifying and using the victims.

And thirdly, by the last government, which disregarded Professor Alexis Jay’s assiduous report on child sexual exploitation published in 2022.

Twitter trolls think I am somehow responsible for the grooming gangs simply because of my religion, as if I am a Muslim Ghislaine Maxwell. There’s no point in engaging with them. In fact, I have frequently condemned the crimes without fear or favour. For one article for another paper, I secretly interviewed three wives and one........

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