Hinderers

Here will be a list (not yet complete, but will be added to) of ORGANISATIONS (not individuals) whose actions (at least at some point) tended to hinder rather than address or stop this scandal.

This list is not shown in any particular order.

• Rotherham Borough Council
• South Yorkshire Police
• West Mercia Police
• the BBC
• Channel 4
• The Guardian (newspaper)
• The Independent (newspaper)
• the Labour Party
• the Conservative Party
• the Liberal Democrats
• the SNP (Scottish Nationalist Party)
• the Green Party
• Plaid Cymru (see e.g. this incident shutting down discussion)
• the (UK) Home Office
• the Muslim Council of Britain
• the Church of England
• the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (objects to its members mentioning the grooming gangs scandal and problematic religious texts condoning child sex and sexual slavery)
• the Bar Standards Board (objected to its members mentioning the grooming gangs scandal and the authorities' lame response to Islamist terrorism and similar posts that it viewed as offensive to Muslims)

If you have any more information (which must be supported by evidence) to add this list, please contact us.