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Posted - March 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM

Saved - March 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM

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I spoke on national TV about grooming gangs exploiting little girls; the next day police tried to silence me, but I’m right. Grooming persists across the UK—gifts, flattery, a power imbalance that normalizes rape and exploitation. Powerful people look away; politicians hide evidence. Multiculturalism is blamed, votes traded, decades of denial endure. Starmer may not have done it personally, but I hold him accountable too. I refuse to be silenced. Enough is enough.

@SamanthaTaghoy - Samantha Smith

I went on national TV and said that little British girls are still being raped, tortured, and abused by Pakistani-Muslim grooming gangs. The next day, the police came to my door to try and threaten me into silence. But I was right. And it isn’t just taxis and takeaways. Vape shops are plying little girls with free vapes in exchange for “sexual favours”. It’s the textbook grooming model: gifts, compliments, making their victims feel special and wanted. It’s that much easier to coerce a child into “accepting” their abuse when one creates a power imbalance or a sense of social currency. That the price you pay for being groomed is rape, abuse, and exploitation. That you deserve it. That you asked for it. That you brought it on yourself. Child sexual exploitation is a tale as old as time. But it isn’t a thing of the past. It is still happening in towns and cities across the UK. Little girls are being subjected to the worst abuse imaginable, at the hands of men who know they can get away with it. How? Because they’re already done it for years. Nothing has changed. Powerful people are still turning a blind eye despite decades of undeniable evidence. Politicians are trying to sweep the scandal under the carpet, sabotaging the National Inquiry at every turn so that they can save their own skins. And little girls are still being sacrificed at the altar of multiculturalism and traded for votes. Decades later. The same old story. The grooming gangs scandal is the worst stain on British history, and I hold every powerful person accountable for it. Their sneering ignorance has facilitated the industrial-scale rape of little British girls. The continued failure to protect our children from these vile predators is an indictment on every sector of British society. Starmer may not have shoved little girls into taxis or plied them with vapes himself, but he is just as guilty as if he had. And I, for one, refuse to be silenced by the very people who have spent decades discrediting victims and survivors like me. Enough is enough.

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Years of a new grooming threat hiding in plain sight on our high streets. We have complaints that vapes and all illegal goods are perhaps given free on some occasions to children in return for sexual favors. We've had those complaints before. You're worried you're worried that there's some sort of child exploitation thing going on here as well? I do. I think it's an epidemic. Yeah. The authorization has come through for the closure notice. The team at Dudley Trading Standards may seem like unlikely foot soldiers in the battle against child exploitation. Khaldeep and Richard spend their days shutting down rogue vape shops and mini marts, not least for illegally selling vapes to kids. I had one the other day, a child as young as 11, purchasing, vapes from a shop. It's just disgusting. They could be offered drugs, vapes, cigarettes. That is a danger. Their work has led them to believe that even with all that's known about child grooming, they've uncovered a new hidden front line. We get the people behind the counter to empty their pockets. We've been in situations where they empty their pockets, and they've got reams of condoms. I once came across a book, and it was basically wrote written in Kurdish, and, basically, they were learning English words for, like, you're pretty. I love your hair. You know, you're young and beautiful. The team performs a kind of unofficial child protection service. They prioritize the potential grooming threat among the shops they shut down. Our priority is, number one, we stop that shop first. So we'll focus all our efforts on a particular shop, get that closed down. Last summer, they took action against the shop after intelligence men involved were driving 12 year old customers in cars to an unknown location. Let's rock and roll. The shop they're going to shut down today is not one they suspect of grooming, but they do suspect it has worrying links to organized crime. We've already had a tip-off that they're trading at the moment. Right now? Right now. They believe the last but one owner is still involved in the business, and he is a man charged with rape and strangulation. So we won't probably see the big bosses today. We will just see them Indians today operating the shop on their behalf. The shop has already been caught selling vapes to children in an undercover sting. We sent a 15 year old volunteer in to buy a vape. So you gotta be 18 to buy vapes, and, no questions asked. They just sold. Right. My name is Richard Timmins. I'm from, Trading Standards. We're going to be closing down the shop in its entirety. The team drill through the shutters to stop them being reopened. The people behind these shops try anything to avoid being closed, including repeatedly changing owners. They have tried to shut this shop down twice before. It just keeps reopening to the point where the person running this place took the door off so they could stay open twenty four seven, and there's literally no door here. It's just a shutter.

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Speaker 0: Years of a new grooming threat hiding in plain sight on our high streets. Speaker 1: We have complaints that vapes and all illegal goods are perhaps given free on some occasions to children in return for sexual favors. We've had those complaints before. Speaker 0: You're worried you're worried that there's some sort of child exploitation thing going on here as well? Speaker 1: I do. I think it's an epidemic. Yeah. Speaker 2: The authorization has come through for the closure notice. Speaker 0: The team at Dudley Trading Standards may seem like unlikely foot soldiers in the battle against child exploitation. Khaldeep and Richard spend their days shutting down rogue vape shops and mini marts, not least for illegally selling vapes to kids. Speaker 2: I had one the other day, a child as young as 11, purchasing, vapes from a shop. It's just disgusting. Speaker 1: They could be offered drugs, vapes, cigarettes. That is a danger. Speaker 0: Their work has led them to believe that even with all that's known about child grooming, they've uncovered a new hidden front line. Speaker 1: We get the people behind the counter to empty their pockets. We've been in situations where they empty their pockets, and they've got reams of condoms. I once came across a book, and it was basically wrote written in Kurdish, and it was translated. And, basically, they were learning English words for, like, you're pretty. I love your hair. You know, you're young and beautiful. Speaker 0: The team performs a kind of unofficial child protection service. They prioritize the potential grooming threat among the shops they shut down. Speaker 1: Our priority is, number one, we stop that shop first. So we'll focus all our efforts on a particular shop, get that closed down. Speaker 0: Last summer, they took action against the shop after intelligence men involved were driving 12 year old customers in cars to an unknown location. Speaker 1: Let's rock and roll. Speaker 0: The shop they're going to shut down today is not one they suspect of grooming, but they do suspect it has worrying links to organized crime. Speaker 1: We've already had a tip-off that they're trading at the moment. Right now? Right now. Speaker 0: They believe the last but one owner is still involved in the business, and he is a man charged with rape and strangulation. Speaker 1: So we won't probably see the big bosses today. We will just see them Indians today operating the shop on their behalf. Speaker 0: The shop has already been caught selling vapes to children in an undercover sting. Speaker 1: We sent a 15 year old volunteer in to buy a vape. So you gotta be 18 to buy vapes, and, no questions asked. They just sold. Right. Speaker 2: My name is Richard Timmins. I'm from, Trading Standards. We're going to be closing down the shop in its entirety. Speaker 0: The team drill through the shutters to stop them being reopened. The people behind these shops try anything to avoid being closed, including repeatedly changing owners. They have tried to shut this shop down twice before. It just keeps reopening to the point where the person running this place took the door off so they could stay open twenty four seven, and there's literally no door here. It's just a shutter.

@SamanthaTaghoy — Samantha Smith

Posted - July 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM

Saved - July 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM

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A family member of mine, a nurse in Canada, performed assisted dying procedures but ultimately refused to continue after witnessing a heartbreaking case. A mentally disabled man, who did not want to die, was euthanized against his will due to his family's decision. My family member felt deep sorrow for him, recognizing the moral conflict between legal obligations and personal conscience. They were told it was their duty, but they stood firm in their refusal. The situation highlights the troubling reality of assisted dying laws, where consent may not always be respected.

@SamanthaTaghoy - Samantha Smith

A family member of mine is a nurse in Canada. They performed several assisted dying procedures at the care home they worked at, before refusing to continue. In one case, the family of a mentally disabled man decided they wanted him to be euthanised. He didn’t want to die. But my family member was legally forced to end his life. They held his hand while he told them “I’m hungry” and “I’m thirsty”. That poor man didn’t understand what was happening to him as he was pumped full of medication that would end his life, and my family member wept for the soul that was being lost unnecessarily. He wasn’t terminally ill. He wasn’t particularly old. He wasn’t dying. He didn’t want to die. But he didn’t have a choice. Because his life was deemed dispensable by his family, and the Government gave them the power to end his life regardless of his needs or wishes. And when my family member told their workplace that they couldn’t continue performing these procedures — that their conscience wouldn’t allow it — they were told that it was their “legal duty” as a nurse. They still refused. But not everyone will have the moral fibre or bravery of my family member. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and this is exactly what the Assisted Dying Bill opens the door to. It starts with “choice” and “dignity”. But suicide isn’t only done “when the patient wants it”. And the countries where it is already legalised have shown us the grim reality. In the Netherlands, 40% of euthanasia deaths occur without patient consent. In Canada, it has been offered to Paralympians who only asked for a mobility aid. If it can happen there; it will happen here. People 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 be killed against their will.

@SamanthaTaghoy - Samantha Smith

P.S. for all those asking: No, my family member will not “go public”. Yes, I trust his testimony. No, he is not a horrible, awful person. Yes, this is really happening. The black letter law vs. the grim reality are two very different things. Just because the law was supposed to protect against coercion or non-consenting procedures… doesn’t mean it is.

@SamanthaTaghoy — Samantha Smith

Posted - December 18, 2024 at 2:59 PM

Saved - January 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM

@SamanthaTaghoy - Samantha Smith

In all the media coverage and public uproar around the Southport massacre, it feels like the real victims have faded into the background. So here’s a reminder: Bebe King. Elsie Dot Stancombe. Alice da Silva Aguiar. They didn’t deserve to die. Now, they deserve 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚. https://t.co/1OjN7FYFuW

@SamanthaTaghoy — Samantha Smith

Posted - January 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM

Saved - January 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM

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I’m sharing the names of the 111 MPs who supported the call for a government inquiry into child sexual exploitation and grooming gangs. This includes members from various parties, notably many Conservatives, along with representatives from Reform UK, the Democratic Unionist Party, and the Ulster Unionist Party. Their collective action is a significant step in addressing these critical issues. Thank you to those who stood on the right side of history.

@SamanthaTaghoy - Samantha Smith

These are the names of the 111 MPs who voted in favour of forcing a government inquiry into child sexual exploitation and Pakistani-Muslim grooming gangs. Thank you. You are on the right side of history. Jim Allister (Traditional Unionist Voice) Lee Anderson (Reform UK) Stuart Anderson (Conservative) Edward Argar (Conservative) Victoria Atkins (Conservative) Gareth Bacon (Conservative) Kemi Badenoch (Conservative) Harriett Baldwin (Conservative) Steve Barclay (Conservative) Peter Bedford (Conservative) Saqib Bhatti (Conservative) Bob Blackman (Conservative) Sarah Bool (Conservative) Aphra Brandreth (Conservative) Alex Burghart (Conservative) James Cartlidge (Conservative) Christopher Chope (Conservative) Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative) Lewis Cocking (Conservative) John Cooper (Conservative) Alberto Costa (Conservative) Claire Coutinho (Conservative) Harriet Cross (Conservative) Gareth Davies (Conservative) Mims Davies (Conservative) David Davis (Conservative) Caroline Dinenage (Conservative) Oliver Dowden (Conservative) Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative) Alex Easton (Independent) Luke Evans (Conservative) Nigel Farage (Reform UK) Peter Fortune (Conservative) Ashley Fox (Conservative) Mark Francois (Conservative) George Freeman (Conservative) Louie French (Conservative) Roger Gale (Conservative) John Glen (Conservative) Helen Grant (Conservative) Andrew Griffith (Conservative) Rebecca Harris (Conservative) John Hayes (Conservative) Damian Hinds (Conservative) Richard Holden (Conservative) Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative) Paul Holmes (Conservative) Nigel Huddleston (Conservative) Neil Hudson (Conservative) Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) Bernard Jenkin (Conservative) Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Caroline Johnson (Conservative) Lincoln Jopp (Conservative) Alicia Kearns (Conservative) Danny Kruger (Conservative) Katie Lam (Conservative) John Lamont (Conservative) Edward Leigh (Conservative) Julian Lewis (Conservative) Julia Lopez (Conservative) Rupert Lowe (Reform UK) Alan Mak (Conservative) Kit Malthouse (Conservative) Jerome Mayhew (Conservative) James McMurdock (Reform UK) Esther McVey (Conservative) Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) Gagan Mohindra (Conservative) Robbie Moore (Conservative) Joy Morrissey (Conservative) Wendy Morton (Conservative) Kieran Mullan (Conservative) David Mundell (Conservative) Andrew Murrison (Conservative) Jesse Norman (Conservative) Neil O'Brien (Conservative) Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) Priti Patel (Conservative) Rebecca Paul (Conservative) Chris Philp (Conservative) Mark Pritchard (Conservative) Jack Rankin (Conservative) David Reed (Conservative) Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) Neil Shastri-Hurst (Conservative) Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative) David Simmonds (Conservative) Greg Smith (Conservative) Rebecca Smith (Conservative) Julian Smith (Conservative) Ben Spencer (Conservative) Patrick Spencer (Conservative) Gregory Stafford (Conservative) Blake Stephenson (Conservative) Mel Stride (Conservative) Graham Stuart (Conservative) Robin Swann (Ulster Unionist Party) Bradley Thomas (Conservative) Richard Tice (Reform UK) Nick Timothy (Conservative) Laura Trott (Conservative) Tom Tugendhat (Conservative) Martin Vickers (Conservative) Matt Vickers (Conservative) Helen Whately (Conservative) John Whittingdale (Conservative) Gavin Williamson (Conservative) Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party) Mike Wood (Conservative)

@SamanthaTaghoy — Samantha Smith

Posted - January 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM

Saved - January 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM

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I am sharing the names of the 364 MPs who voted against a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation and Pakistani-Muslim grooming gangs. This list includes numerous Labour MPs, as well as a few Independents and members from other parties. I feel strongly that those who opposed this inquiry should be held accountable for their decisions. The names span a wide range of constituencies, highlighting a significant political stance on this critical issue.

@SamanthaTaghoy - Samantha Smith

These are the 364 MPs who voted against a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation and Pakistani-Muslim grooming gangs: Shame on them all. Jack Abbott (Labour) Debbie Abrahams (Labour) Shockat Adam (Independent) Zubir Ahmed (Labour) Luke Akehurst (Labour) Sadik Al-Hassan (Labour) Bayo Alaba (Labour) Dan Aldridge (Labour) Heidi Alexander (Labour) Douglas Alexander (Labour) Rushanara Ali (Labour) Tahir Ali (Labour) Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour) Mike Amesbury (Independent) Callum Anderson (Labour) Fleur Anderson (Labour) Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour) Scott Arthur (Labour) Jess Asato (Labour) James Asser (Labour) Jas Athwal (Labour) Catherine Atkinson (Labour) Lewis Atkinson (Labour) Calvin Bailey (Labour) Olivia Bailey (Labour) David Baines (Labour) Alex Baker (Labour) Richard Baker (Labour) Alex Ballinger (Labour) Antonia Bance (Labour) Lee Barron (Labour) Alex Barros-Curtis (Labour) Johanna Baxter (Labour) Danny Beales (Labour) Lorraine Beavers (Labour) Apsana Begum (Independent) Torsten Bell (Labour) Hilary Benn (Labour) Siân Berry (Green Party) Clive Betts (Labour) Polly Billington (Labour) Matt Bishop (Labour) Olivia Blake (Labour) Rachel Blake (Labour) Chris Bloore (Labour) Elsie Blundell (Labour) Kevin Bonavia (Labour) Jade Botterill (Labour) Sureena Brackenridge (Labour) Jonathan Brash (Labour) Phil Brickell (Labour) Chris Bryant (Labour) Julia Buckley (Labour) Richard Burgon (Independent) Maureen Burke (Labour ) David Burton-Sampson (Labour) Dawn Butler (Labour) Ruth Cadbury (Labour) Nesil Caliskan (Labour) Markus Campbell-Savours (Labour) Irene Campbell (Labour) Juliet Campbell (Labour) Alan Campbell (Labour) Sam Carling (Labour) Sarah Champion (Labour) Bambos Charalambous (Labour) Luke Charters (Labour) Ellie Chowns (Green Party) Feryal Clark (Labour) Ben Coleman (Labour) Jacob Collier (Labour) Lizzi Collinge (Labour) Tom Collins (Labour) Liam Conlon (Labour) Sarah Coombes (Labour) Andrew Cooper (Labour) Beccy Cooper (Labour) Yvette Cooper (Labour) Jeremy Corbyn (Independent) Deirdre Costigan (Labour) Pam Cox (Labour) Neil Coyle (Labour) Jen Craft (Labour) Stella Creasy (Labour) Torcuil Crichton (Labour) Chris Curtis (Labour) Janet Daby (Labour) Nicholas Dakin (Labour) Ashley Dalton (Labour) Emily Darlington (Labour) Alex Davies-Jones (Labour) Jonathan Davies (Labour) Paul Davies (Labour) Marsha De Cordova (Labour) Josh Dean (Labour) Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour) Jim Dickson (Labour) Anna Dixon (Labour) Samantha Dixon (Labour) Anneliese Dodds (Labour) Helena Dollimore (Labour) Stephen Doughty (Labour) Peter Dowd (Labour) Graeme Downie (Labour) Rosie Duffield (Independent) Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour) Angela Eagle (Labour) Maria Eagle (Labour) Lauren Edwards (Labour) Sarah Edwards (Labour) Clive Efford (Labour) Damien Egan (Labour) Maya Ellis (Labour) Chris Elmore (Labour) Kirith Entwistle (Labour) Florence Eshalomi (Labour) Bill Esterson (Labour) Chris Evans (Labour) Linsey Farnsworth (Labour) Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour) Mark Ferguson (Labour) Patricia Ferguson (Labour) Natalie Fleet (Labour) Emma Foody (Labour) Catherine Fookes (Labour) Vicky Foxcroft (Labour) Daniel Francis (Labour) James Frith (Labour) Gill Furniss (Labour) Barry Gardiner (Labour) Allison Gardner (Labour) Anna Gelderd (Labour) Gill German (Labour) Tracy Gilbert (Labour) Becky Gittins (Labour) Mary Glindon (Labour) Ben Goldsborough (Labour) Jodie Gosling (Labour) Georgia Gould (Labour) John Grady (Labour) Lilian Greenwood (Labour) Nia Griffith (Labour) Andrew Gwynne (Labour) Amanda Hack (Labour) Paulette Hamilton (Labour) Emma Hardy (Labour) Carolyn Harris (Labour) Helen Hayes (Labour) Tom Hayes (Labour) Claire Hazelgrove (Labour) Mark Hendrick (Labour) Meg Hillier (Labour) Chris Hinchliff (Labour) Sharon Hodgson (Labour) Rachel Hopkins (Labour) Claire Hughes (Labour) Alison Hume (Labour) Patrick Hurley (Labour) Imran Hussain (Independent) Leigh Ingham (Labour) Natasha Irons (Labour) Sally Jameson (Labour) Dan Jarvis (Labour) Terry Jermy (Labour)

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Adam Jogee (Labour) Diana Johnson (Labour) Darren Jones (Labour) Gerald Jones (Labour) Lillian Jones (Labour) Louise Jones (Labour) Ruth Jones (Labour) Sarah Jones (Labour) Gurinder Singh Josan (Labour) Sojan Joseph (Labour) Warinder Juss (Labour) Chris Kane (Labour) Mike Kane (Labour) Satvir Kaur (Labour) Liz Kendall (Labour) Afzal Khan (Labour) Naushabah Khan (Labour) Stephen Kinnock (Labour) Jayne Kirkham (Labour) Gen Kitchen (Labour) Sonia Kumar (Labour) Uma Kumaran (Labour) Peter Kyle (Labour) Laura Kyrke-Smith (Labour) Peter Lamb (Labour) Ian Lavery (Labour) Noah Law (Labour) Kim Leadbeater (Labour) Brian Leishman (Labour) Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour) Andrew Lewin (Labour) Clive Lewis (Labour) Simon Lightwood (Labour) Rebecca Long Bailey (Independent) Josh MacAlister (Labour) Alice Macdonald (Labour) Andy MacNae (Labour) Justin Madders (Labour) Shabana Mahmood (Labour) Seema Malhotra (Labour) Amanda Martin (Labour) Rachael Maskell (Labour) Keir Mather (Labour) Alex Mayer (Labour) Douglas McAllister (Labour) Kerry McCarthy (Labour) Martin McCluskey (Labour) Andy McDonald (Labour) Chris McDonald (Labour) John McDonnell (Independent) Blair McDougall (Labour) Lola McEvoy (Labour) Pat McFadden (Labour) Alison McGovern (Labour) Alex McIntyre (Labour) Gordon McKee (Labour) Kevin McKenna (Labour) Catherine McKinnell (Labour) Jim McMahon (Labour) Anna McMorrin (Labour) Frank McNally (Labour) Kirsty McNeill (Labour) Anneliese Midgley (Labour) Julie Minns (Labour) Navendu Mishra (Labour) Abtisam Mohamed (Labour) Iqbal Mohamed (Independent) Perran Moon (Labour) Jessica Morden (Labour) Stephen Morgan (Labour) Grahame Morris (Labour) Joe Morris (Labour) Luke Murphy (Labour) Chris Murray (Labour) Ian Murray (Labour) James Murray (Labour) Katrina Murray (Labour) Luke Myer (Labour) James Naish (Labour) Connor Naismith (Labour) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Kanishka Narayan (Labour) Josh Newbury (Labour) Samantha Niblett (Labour) Charlotte Nichols (Labour) Melanie Onn (Labour) Chi Onwurah (Labour) Simon Opher (Labour) Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour) Kate Osamor (Labour) Kate Osborne (Labour) Tristan Osborne (Labour) Sarah Owen (Labour) Darren Paffey (Labour) Andrew Pakes (Labour) Matthew Patrick (Labour) Michael Payne (Labour) Stephanie Peacock (Labour) Jon Pearce (Labour) Matthew Pennycook (Labour) Toby Perkins (Labour) Jess Phillips (Labour) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) David Pinto-Duschinsky (Labour) Lee Pitcher (Labour) Jo Platt (Labour) Luke Pollard (Labour) Joe Powell (Labour) Lucy Powell (Labour) Gregor Poynton (Labour) Peter Prinsley (Labour) Richard Quigley (Labour) Steve Race (Labour) Connor Rand (Labour) Andrew Ranger (Labour) Mike Reader (Labour) Ellie Reeves (Labour) Joani Reid (Labour) Emma Reynolds (Labour) Martin Rhodes (Labour) Jake Richards (Labour) Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Labour) Dave Robertson (Labour) Tim Roca (Labour) Matt Rodda (Labour) Sam Rushworth (Labour) Sarah Russell (Labour) Oliver Ryan (Labour) Jeevun Sandher (Labour) Michelle Scrogham (Labour) Mark Sewards (Labour) Naz Shah (Labour) Tulip Siddiq (Labour) Josh Simons (Labour) Andy Slaughter (Labour) John Slinger (Labour) Cat Smith (Labour) David Smith (Labour) Jeff Smith (Labour) Nick Smith (Labour) Sarah Smith (Labour) Karin Smyth (Labour) Gareth Snell (Labour) Alex Sobel (Labour) Euan Stainbank (Labour) Jo Stevens (Labour) Kenneth Stevenson (Labour) Elaine Stewart (Labour) Will Stone (Labour) Alistair Strathern (Labour) Alan Strickland (Labour) Lauren Sullivan (Labour) Kirsteen Sullivan (Labour) Peter Swallow (Labour) Mark Tami (Labour) Mike Tapp (Labour) David Taylor (Labour) Rachel Taylor (Labour) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Fred Thomas (Labour) (Proxy vote cast by Chris Elmore) Gareth Thomas (Labour) Adam Thompson (Labour) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Marie Tidball (Labour) Stephen Timms (Labour) Jessica Toale (Labour) Jon Trickett (Labour) Henry Tufnell (Labour) Anna Turley (Labour) Matt Turmaine (Labour) Karl Turner (Labour) Laurence Turner (Labour)

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Derek Twigg (Labour) Liz Twist (Labour) Harpreet Uppal (Labour) Valerie Vaz (Labour) Chris Vince (Labour) Christian Wakeford (Labour) Imogen Walker (Labour) Chris Ward (Labour) Melanie Ward (Labour) Paul Waugh (Labour) Chris Webb (Labour) Michelle Welsh (Labour) Catherine West (Labour) Andrew Western (Labour) Matt Western (Labour) Michael Wheeler (Labour) John Whitby (Labour) Jo White (Labour) Katie White (Labour) Nadia Whittome (Labour) David Williams (Labour) Steve Witherden (Labour) Rosie Wrighting (Labour) Yuan Yang (Labour) Mohammad Yasin (Labour) Steve Yemm (Labour)

@SamanthaTaghoy — Samantha Smith

Posted - January 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM

Saved - January 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM

@SamanthaTaghoy - Samantha Smith

After I went on TV to discuss Pakistani-Muslim grooming gangs, the police showed up at my door to intimidate me into silence. Now, they’re targeting Sammy for exposing how she was failed by Rotherham professionals. This is how they treat survivors. Ignore, intimidate, silence.

@sammywoodhouse1 - S A M M Y woodhouse

I’ve received a phone call from South Yorkshire Police tonight about my reporting on X. They’ve asked me to delete posts and not to report on Rotherham professionals moving forward even though they’re no reporting restrictions on the case. I’d like to add, the information I’ve reported came directly from South Yorkshire Police over 6 months ago. It’s also been in the public domain for over 6 months. I’d also like to add the police officer didn’t really have a clue what was going on.

@SamanthaTaghoy — Samantha Smith

Posted - January 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM

Saved - January 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM

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I feel many still don't grasp the depravity inflicted on young girls, like Lucy Lowe at 14 and Vicky Round at 12. These children, barely out of primary school, were subjected to horrific abuses by gangs of Pakistani-Muslim men. They were manipulated, drugged, raped, and threatened, all while those meant to protect them—police, social services, and schools—turned a blind eye. Victims were branded and blamed, with their suffering dismissed. Imagine this happening to your sister or daughter, and recognize the true horror of child sexual exploitation.

@SamanthaTaghoy - Samantha Smith

I feel like many people still don’t quite understand the level of depravity inflicted on those little girls — or just how young they were. Think of your sister, daughter, or granddaughter as a child. Picture them. Think of how young and vulnerable they were. Lucy Lowe was 14. Vicky Round was 12. Becky Watson was 11. Charlene Downes was 11 or 12. Sammy Woodhouse was 14. Victoria Agoglia was 13. Sarah Wilson was 11. And there are countless more. They were children. Many barely out of primary school, so young and in no way responsible for the atrocities committed against them. Think about what gangs of Pakistani-Muslim men put those little girls through. Now imagine it was your sister, daughter or granddaughter. Pakistani-Muslim grooming gangs plied them with alcohol and drugs, they raped them in graveyards, they put them into the back of taxis and drove them to be gang-raped by 20+ of their friends, they dismembered them and sold them as kebab meat, they inserted a pump into their anal cavity and had multiple men sodomise them at once, they raped them on filthy mattresses above takeaway shops, they forced panties down their throat to muffle the screams, they threatened to murder them if they told anyone, they brutally beat them, they killed them and torched their houses with their family inside, they picked them up from local authority care homes to be raped, they forced them to take crack cocaine and heroin, they convinced them they loved them so they could abuse them, they killed their unborn children, they targeted the most vulnerable and marginalised, they told them no one would believe them, they forced them to get abortions, they passed them round like a piece of meat, they threatened to kill their families, they gaslit and manipulated them. And that is just a fraction of the abuse inflicted by Pakistani-Muslim grooming gangs in Telford, Rochdale, Rotherham, Oldham and elsewhere. That is just a tiny percentage of the horror that thousands of little girls faced at the hands of their abusers. Now think about the people that were meant to protect them. Who comes to mind? Police, local councils, social services, sexual health clinics, schools, care homes. But they didn’t. Those in positions of power turned a blind eye for decades while little girls were being raped, tortured, and murdered. They branded them “white slags”, “child prostitutes”, and “paki shaggers”. They walked in on victims naked and drugged with 20+ adult men and only arrested the child, they arrested girls for prostitution and handed them back to the same men that were exploiting them, they added the victims to dockets as co-defendants in their own abuse, they downplayed the scale of abuse, they refused to investigate reports, they paid for the taxi rides the girls got raped during, they silenced whistleblowers (like @MaggieOliverUK), they blamed the girls for their own abuse, they tried to block inquiries, and more. Imagine all of this happened to your sister. Or your daughter. Or your granddaughter. Now think again about how young they were, how vulnerable, how innocent. And understand the true horror of child sexual exploitation and the depravity of Pakistani-Muslim grooming gangs.

@SamanthaTaghoy — Samantha Smith

Posted - November 17, 2024 at 8:22 PM

Saved - November 18, 2024 at 12:28 AM

@SamanthaTaghoy - Samantha Smith

When I went to police about my abuse, I remember being asked if I had “consented”. I was five years old. Girls as young as 10 or 11 were branded white slags, p*ki shaggers and child prositutes by those in power. The message was clear: this is your fault https://t.co/3WXJT5XwYm

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Police and local authorities have referred to young girls as "pakishagas," "white slags," and "child prostitutes," perpetuating the harmful notion that children can consent to sex. This narrative blames victims, suggesting their actions led to their abuse, which fosters internalized shame among survivors. It's crucial to emphasize that children cannot consent to sexual activities and cannot be held responsible for the actions of adults. The real criminals are the adults who prey on vulnerable girls, not the children who suffer from such abuse.

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Speaker 0: It was revealed that police and and local authorities referred to the girls as pakishagas, as white slags, as child prostitutes. That was a big one, the idea that a child can prostitute themselves. And these are these are young girls, girls as as young as 10 or 11 in in the case of Telford being told that this is your fault. You brought this on yourself. You consented. It's because of your actions and your lifestyle that that you're in the position you are today. I, again, I I remember being told at one point that my actions had led me to where I was. And, this was when I was 16 or 17. And it it reinforces this idea, this internal it's this internalized shame that a lot of victims and survivors have that somehow they brought it on themselves when realistically and I'll I'll say this if I've said it once, I've said it a 1000 times. Children cannot consent to sex. Children cannot be asking for it. Children cannot be pakishagas or white or white slags or child prostitutes. Children cannot consent. And those adults that are preying on vulnerable little girls are criminals, they're rapists, and they're predators. They are they are the ones in the wrong here, not the little girls who were abused.

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Posted - August 6, 2024 at 1:13 PM

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I discussed Pakistani grooming gangs in Telford during an interview. The following day, police showed up at my door, wanting to talk about it. They have overlooked victims for years but chose to intimidate me for highlighting their failures on live TV.

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@elonmusk @Keir_Starmer Yes. Yes, it is. I did an interview discussing Pakistani grooming gangs in Telford. The next day, officers banged on my door, demanding I speak to them about my interview. They ignored victims for decades, but tried to intimidate me for exposing their failings on live TV. https://t.co/NMkY2iLjaO

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I went on TV to talk about grooming gangs in Telford, and police suddenly showed up at my door, claiming it was their duty to follow up. They had done nothing about the abuse for decades but decided to intimidate me after my interview. They said they were trying to make a difference, but it seemed like they were targeting a victim instead of the perpetrators. It's pathetic that criticizing them on TV drove them into action. I have no idea who ordered this "raid."

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Speaker 0: I was on your show last Monday, say same time practically. I came off there was a fantastic response from from the public. I was really, really my heart was warmed by the support and and, you know, outreach that I received from those that either didn't know what had been going on in Telford for decades you know, up to a 1000 girls had had been reported to have been abused as by grooming gangs since 19 eighties or those that that were that had no idea that it could potentially still be going on in the scale of police council and social service failings. I went back home. I I went back to Telford, and the next day around lunchtime, 2 police officers banged on my door demanding that I speak to them about my interview. Speaker 1: Really? So so the police who did have done nothing for for the entire 3rd millennium to date, suddenly were roused to activity by you going on television. Speaker 0: Yeah. They they told me this. They had gone round to all of the addresses they had on file for me. They had gone to my previous home addresses, the the different accommodations that I'd say that looking for me, And eventually, they they located me. You know, they hunted me down. They tracked me, banged on my door, you know, not akin not too different to to when they're knocking on the on the door of a perpetrator, of of a potential criminal. I was on FaceTime to my friend at the time who said to me afterwards, I genuinely thought you were going to get arrested from the way that they that they were talking to you. They told me that, quote unquote, when you go on GB News and talk about grooming gangs in Telford, it's our duty to follow-up with you. Speaker 1: That's not actually true, is it? No. So the police are, among other things, lying to you. Speaker 0: It's funny. I said to them at the time, it was funny that they did absolutely nothing to bring my accusers to justice, abusers to justice, but when I went on national TV, my abuses to justice. But when I went on national TV and talked about the industrial scale of their failings and their inaction in in bringing to justice the perpetrators of vile rape, grooming, sexual assault, and child sex crimes in Telford that they are suddenly spurred into action Speaker 1: to Speaker 0: come and knock on my door and and intimidate me in silence. Speaker 1: It's pretty pathetic, these big butch coppers being so insecure that you going on TV and criticizing them can drive them into action that they otherwise haven't taken for decades. I do you know who actually ordered up this, I guess, raid is the word. Right? Speaker 0: I have absolutely no idea. I I know that there was 2 2 police officers from the CSC team that knocked on my door. They said they had been working for the force for a year 6 months respectively, and they were, quote, unquote, trying to make a difference. I don't know what difference they were making by going after a victim rather than the perpetrators, those that have been systematically raping, abusing, grooming, and passing girls round, like, you know, like Well, Speaker 1: well, the the the Speaker 0: For decades.