JStevens
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The most shocking word of the Southport Inquiry is 'preventable' - Rudakubana was a butcher hiding in plain sight while state authorities looked away. I asked the minister if there will be consequences - will people be sacked? And I was irritated when the minister suggested that it was wrong to bring race into the issue, when in fact it was a bastardised anti-racism that paralysed officials, teachers, social workers and police from confronting the dangerous threats posed by Rudukubana (as well as Calocane in Notts) - because they were black and vulnerable. "Lessons must be learned" reply from the government is unsatisfactory.
Every single of word of this is utterly extraordinary and damning. The most senior civil servants in the British govt are accused of withholding vital information from the Prime Minister about Mandelson's failed vetting. The rest of us call this "lying". And the PM apparently was left blissfully unaware while DOZENS of civil servants discussed it? None of this adds up. More heads have to roll - and yes, one of those heads belongs to Keir Starmer. "Starmer was left in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two other top civil servants" theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
