The Truth Buried: The Home Office, Oldham's Grooming Scandal, and a Fake U-Turn
Something powerful happens when the spotlight finally shines on corruption. For a brief moment, the public gets a glimpse of how the system really works - and then, just as quickly, the curtain falls back into place. This is exactly what we've witnessed with Oldham Council's rape gang scandal.
The Home Office's refusal to back a statutory inquiry into what took place should have been front-page news across the United Kingdom. It wasn't - until it suddenly was, and then wasn't again.
When Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding children, wrote her letter refusing to safeguard children, it sat gathering digital dust. But the moment Elon Musk amplified it? Suddenly the media machine roared to life. Headlines appeared. Commentary flooded in. Politicians scrambled to microphones. The outrage machine was in full force. And many believed a U-turn had occurred. But those who took the time to read the fine print of how Keir Starmer's government responded discovered a different reality altogether.
The Perverse Decision-Making of Power
Yvette Cooper's handling of this situation reveals everything about how power protects itself. Despite overwhelming evidence of systematic failure, the Home Secretary decided to push for a local inquiry - a process that had already proven itself to be nothing but a sophisticated whitewash.
Andy Burnham's previous local inquiry didn't uncover the truth. It served as an institutional shield to protect it. Even the all powerful King of the North himself has been forced to admit it was "limited" - a politician's way of acknowledging failure without accepting responsibility.
The reason government officials always push for local inquiries is transparent to anyone paying attention: these investigations lack the statutory power to compel testimony or force the release of critical documents.
Toothless, with those incriminated tasked with investigating themselves, these inquiries are designed to create the appearance of accountability while ensuring none actually exists.
Everyone in the corridors of power understands this game. That's precisely why they play it.
The Orchestrated Fake U-Turn
After the media spectacle died down, after the politicians had their photo ops and journalists filed their stories, our team decided to follow up. We wrote directly to the Home Secretary seeking clarity.
The response? It was a hundred times worse than Jess Phillips' original letter.
But this time, there were no cameras. No trending hashtags. No outraged commentators. The media caravan had already moved on to the next crisis, the next scandal, the next opportunity for hollow outrage.
Politicians who just days earlier were beating their chests about justice had already found new causes to grandstand on. The cycle of performative concern followed by strategic amnesia was complete.
The Uncomfortable Truth No One Will Say
When it comes to priorities in the United Kingdom today, there is a brutal hierarchy of who matters. Working-class White girls consistently find themselves at the bottom, especially when the full truth, if ever exposed, would implicate so many political figures that the entire system might collapse.
This isn't about right versus left. It's about power versus truth. And power is winning.
The reason these cover-ups persist isn't because they're perfectly executed. It's because they don't need to be. They just need to last long enough for public attention to wane. For outrage to subside. For the next news cycle to begin. And it's working.
But buried truths have a way of surfacing, no matter how much weight is placed upon them. History has shown us that the most carefully constructed cover-ups eventually crumble. The question isn't whether the truth about Oldham and all the other towns and cities across the nation will eventually come out. The question is how many more children will suffer before it does.
Raja Miah MBE
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