Wes Streeting points to New Zealand mosque massacre amid grooming gang rhetoric
by Pippa Crerar Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6TFTE)
Exclusive: Health secretary says irresponsible public discourse' could vilify communities and lead to terrorism
The use of inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities and could lead to atrocities such as the mosque massacre in New Zealand that killed more than 50 people, the health secretary has warned.
Wes Streeting said he had no difficulty or qualms" calling out the sickening" crimes of sexual abuse gangs, criticising well meaning, but ultimately fundamentally misguided and warped views of political correctness" for letting down thousands of children.
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