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It has been, of course, famously in this country
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a very difficult conversation to have to even highlight any link at all
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between migrant communities, ethnicity and different attitudes towards women and girls. Reform is going where few parties have gone before
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with their press conference today. Yeah, I would agree with you, Tom
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I mean, I've been on this treadmill for 12 years now and in that time I have seen the conversation move so that we are now having these conversations
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and I think GB News have done an incredible job in opening up these these subjects because they
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are conversations that we have to have. We find ourselves in this position where safety of women
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is actually no longer guaranteed on our streets. And I do think that the issue that's been covered in that clip
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is one of the issues. But I also would widen it way beyond that
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to say that the criminal justice system in general is really unfit for purpose
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You know, the public have lost trust in the authorities to be able to protect them
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When we look at the statistics less than two in every reported 100 rapes ever reaches court That without all the unreported rapes
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So it's no wonder that women feel unsafe on the streets. And I think the solution begins with a conversation, but we need to see action
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We need to see investment. We need to see more fully trained, experienced police officers
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and we need to regain trust in our public services. So there is a very wide-ranging set of reasons
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for why we are where we are. And, of course, I'm known for speaking out about grooming gangs
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and those men are predominantly Pakistani Muslim men, and for two, three decades we've not even been able to say that
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let alone look into the reasons why this has continued to thrive and grow
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And as we see unprecedented levels of illegal immigration into the country
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with young men predominantly who don't share our value systems, who are young men, who treat women like second-class citizens
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we are undoubtedly going to see further dangers unless we get a grip of this
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And we address it by strengthening our criminal justice system, if that makes sense
