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Nick Robinson’s A++ takedown of Robert Jenrick over his grooming gang concerns was magnificently done
Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick, as you might well have seen elsewhere, has become very concerned about the issue of grooming gangs. So much so that he wants a full national inquiry into the matter.
No-one can say it’s not an important matter. And obviously it’s only a coincidence that the failed Tory leadership contender is bringing this up pretty much immediately after Elon Musk began attacking Labour over the issue.
But what has Jenrick done to put the issue at the top of the agenda before now? Like, say, when he was in government or as an MP in the House of Commons? That was the question asked by Today presenter Nick Robinson on Tuesday and it’s worth – well worth – a minute of your time.
Here is the key section of that train wreck of an interview by Robert Jenrick on #r4today.
Robinson: Did you raise it when you were Home Office minister?
Jenrick: We talked about it… I wasn’t… My portfolio… But we talked about it.
Only a minute, if you can bear it. ~AA pic.twitter.com/AP8OfvBt7m
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) January 7, 2025
No more questions, your honour.
And here are just a few of the many comments the exchange prompted.
1.
Fair play to Nick Robinson for once.
He’s just made Jenrick look a twat.
— Sean Davids (@MancTotter) January 7, 2025
2.
At last a BBC journalist is holding a former Tory minister to account. In the case of Jenrick it is extremely important as he & others like him spout lies & far right tropes without ever being held to account.
— Teresa Crawford #FBPE (@TeresaC123) January 7, 2025
3.
So, Robert Jenrick had the power to do something about grooming gangs as a Minister, but chose to do NOTHING. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson had the audacity to blame Labour for not tackling the issue . Tory hypocrisy at its finest.
— Candice Holmes (@hol40900) January 7, 2025
4.
Jenrick was just appalling in this interview. Nick Robinson roasted him. If #Badenoch had any bottle she would sack him from her front bench
— Tim Chapman (@timchap) January 7, 2025
5.
oh apparently he wrote something somewhere to someone…..
— Jax (@Jax59320579) January 7, 2025
6.
Nick Robinson absolutely outstanding today
— Deborah Catt. (@catt_deborah) January 7, 2025
7.
The more we see of Jenrick, the more there is to dislike.
— Cordelia Dean (@CordeliaDean3) January 7, 2025
8.
Well done @bbcnickrobinson for calling him out
— Dr Saskia Sabelus (@SSabelus) January 7, 2025
9.
Nick Robinson’s evisceration of Robert Jenrick is one of BBC’s finest recent moments#r4today
— Norm Gundersson COYI (@BerniesOstrich) January 7, 2025
To conclude …
Fair play Nick Robinson has absolutely dismantled Jenrick’s opportunist bullshit here #r4today
— Adam Bell (@gilbeybell) January 7, 2025
And this.
Robert Jenrick in car crash interview as he is confronted with his complete disregard for the grooming scandal – until he deemed it politically advantageous pic.twitter.com/pXehaz38pZ
— Otto English (@Otto_English) January 7, 2025
And this.
Nick Robinson tore Robert Jenrick a new one this morning. If only all right-wing ghouls were held to account like this. pic.twitter.com/oRSEAO88V5
— Sean Aitken (@seanaa88) January 7, 2025
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Source @BestForBritain