Jeremy Clarkson wades into grooming gangs row as he fumes 'we must remove shackles of political correctness'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has argued that a number of inquiries have already taken place into the abuse carried out by gangs and that further public inquiries would delay justice for victims.

Two examples include a local inquiry in Rotherham that uncovered 1,400 children had been sexually abused over 16 years, mainly by British Pakistani men, while in Telford, up to 1,000 girls faced abuse over 40 years.

Claims have arisen that some cases were overlooked due to "nervousness about race" while Health Secretary Wes Streeting has since issued a warning about coverage of the scandal by saying inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks inciting violence against entire communities.

The coverage has hit headlines across the globe after X owner Elon Musk unleashed a number of critical social media posts against the government's handling of the scandal.

It was Musk who Clarkson first referenced in his latest newspaper column when he delivered his thoughts on the developments.

Clarkson disagreed with the Tesla entrepreneur's claims that Starmer was "evil", suggesting that "Two Tier Kier is just daft".

As he delved further in his column for The Sun, Clarkson explained: "I do not believe we need a public inquiry into the grooming gangs.

"Public inquiries are just rooms full of people who deploy mock incredulity in the hopes they’ll end up on the Six O’Clock News. And we simply don’t need a dusty old baroness to tell us what the problem is, because we already know."

Clarkson then conjured up the image of "a young girl" who goes to the police to complain "she’s been raped by a gang of Pakistani man" only to be dismissed by a constable who tells her to have "a cup of tea" to "feel better".

Diving further into his hypothetical scenario, he said: "Because (the constable) knows that if he reports the crime to his superiors, he will be accused of racism and get cancelled. That’s what has to be addressed."

Concluding his point, Clarkson penned: "We need to remove the shackles of political correctness from the police.

"We need to explain that it’s not racist to investigate a rapist. Do that, and we’re halfway there."

Clarkson's far from the only public figure who's ridiculed the fear of being "cancelled" as a possible reason behind Labour's refusal to launch an inquiry.

Speaking on GB News, commentator Mike Parry unleashed a furious rant at Streeting's aforementioned warning over the rhetoric in the media regarding grooming gangs.

Parry hit out: "What I'm saying is we know (Labour) fear losing Muslim constituencies because in the last General Election, they lost four to independents who went on a pro-Palestinian lobby.

"Jonathan Ashworth in Leicester. What I'm saying is they are very, very frightened of upsetting Muslim communities.

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Two things are true at the same time: political correctness failed victims of Pakistani rape gangs; and people of Pakistani heritage in our country are equally sickened by these crimes and fear being tarred with the same brush.

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"I think on this show two or three days ago, Simon Wright, the former Labour MP, said that on one occasion, when it was being debated in the Commons, a senior Labour official came to him just before he entered the chamber and said don't mention ethnicity.

"Whatever you do, Simon, they are terrified of raising the real issue. To me, it's a horrendous, shocking betrayal of these young girls who've been horrendously attacked and raped.

"I can't remember in my lifetime as a journalist, which is nearly 50 years, I can't remember a crime like this," he added.

Clarkson wading into the world of politics comes as he gears himself for a return to screens in the fourth season of Amazon's Clarkson's Farm.

Meanwhile, Clarkson has also hit headlines of late after issuing a statement regarding the closure of his Diddly Squat farm shop.