Naz Shah "unfit for public office."
Published Aug 23, 2017
Anti CSE campaigner and MEP Jane Collins has called for the resignation
of Labour MP Naz Shah, saying her behaviour on Twitter "shows a repugnant lack
of concern about the survivors of horrific child sexual
exploitation."
"I am sickened that Labour has not learned its lesson about looking after
its constituents rather than looking after its core vote," said Ms Collins, who
last week said her former opponent in two Rotherham elections had been right to
speak out about predominantly Pakistani British grooming gangs.
"I have spent a lot of time talking to the survivors of CSE in Rotherham
and they are brave women who were treated so badly by so called 'services' in
Rotherham, including South Yorkshire police and the borough council, I wonder
they have any faith in the institutions in this country at all.
"The reason many were not helped and instead subjected to years of vile
abuse including child rape, having petrol poured over them and being threatened
with firearms is because some in the authorities either did not take their
complaints seriously or did not, in the words of former Rotherham MP Dennis
MacShane want to "rock the multicultural boat."
"Multiculturalism has failed. There should be one rule of law in this
country, and that is UK law. What we need now is integration not politicians
saying it is acceptable for one group of people in this country to break the
rules because it does not fit with their cultural or religious dogma.
"To have someone in Westminster, who has already been suspended once by
Labour for anti semitic comments, who is now supporting a narrative telling
survivors of CSE to in effect 'shut up' despite the fact the perpetrators are
scheduled for appeal, that grooming gangs are only now being brought to justice
in some parts of the country and when we have evidence it is still going on in
places like Rotherham shows to me that she is unfit for public
office.
"We are still a long way from getting justice for all the survivors of
CSE and my message to them is 'speak out, say it loud and point the finger at
those who let you down.'
