UK "Grooming Gang" Scandal

Class, Geography, and Elite Breeding Practices Matter!

Media coverage of the UK “Grooming Gang” scandal fixates on the ethnicity or religion of the perpetrators (pimps and johns?) rather than the class of the victims or the revealing geography of this criminal enterprise.

On this episode of Morbid Symptoms, Nick Durie of the Scottish ALBA Party joins me to offer a political-economic analysis of grooming gangs—and the government’s persistent reluctance to investigate what appears to be, at best, gross negligence and, at worst, an intentional cover-up. Durie also explains why pedophilia is so rampant among the UK ruling elite.

Part 1 dives into the exploitation of underage girls in the UK, focusing on class and geography. We discuss the term “grooming gang,” safeguarding failures, and scandals within the Church of England. Nick reveals a bombshell (for Tara, at least) about how elite boarding schools have fostered a culture of sexual abuse among the British ruling class. 👀

Part 2 address the Double Standards, Collective Blame and Orientelist Tropes in the media coverage and social media commentary.

Part 3: The Political Economy & Economic Geograpy of UK Grooming Gangs - The toxic brew of austerity, corruption & organized crime.

In this clip, Durie discusses the UK’s Banana Monarchy and the historical roots of the ruling class’s pedophilia problem.

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