Nigel Farage has insisted that Reform will fund an inquiry into grooming gangs but admitted it would not have power to compel people to give evidence.
Speaking on GB News, Nigel Farage said: “Parliament is completely out of touch with the country. I promise you, this is the biggest conversation that is going on in family homes, in pubs, in clubs all over the country. People are outraged.
“We learned this was happening in at least 50 towns around the UK, but Labour are in total denial over the whole thing.
“And don't forget, it was a Labour MP that first blew the whistle on this, Anne Cryer, back in 2002 and they've been trying to bury it ever since.
“And the reason is that they cannot admit at any point that the multicultural experiment has had some serious problems.
“If the government don't give in, if we don't get a proper inquiry into this, and goodness knows, we do need one, then we will raise the money and we will appoint or find some sort of independent retired judges to run the thing.
“We're not going to back off from this. The country deserves to know the truth about, firstly, the extent of what happened, and secondly, the extent of the cover up, and who was involved in that cover up.
“We know already from stories; social services, police, but does this go all the way up to the Crown Prosecution Service? Has Sir Keir Starmer got questions to answer?
“I don't know.
“What were the motivations of those that committed these rapes? Were they actually racist motivations? Again, I'm not sure. That's what the inquiry has to be for.
"I've got buckets of emails coming in from all around the country, from victims and the families of victims saying nobody has ever properly heard their side of the story.
“I see no difficulty at all in getting victims and their families to come and speak about what happened.
“Obviously, we would not have the power of subpoena.
“Whether we get social services or not, you know what? I reckon there be retired social services, retired police officers that would come and speak and would tell us the extent of the cover up.
“We need to know the truth. Would it cost quite a lot of money? A reasonable sum of money. But you know what? This inquiry? There's no reason why it can't be done and dusted within a year.
“I have [met victims] in the past. Yes. When I've been up in the North of England.”
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Speaking on GB News, Nigel Farage said: “Parliament is completely out of touch with the country. I promise you, this is the biggest conversation that is going on in family homes, in pubs, in clubs all over the country. People are outraged.
“We learned this was happening in at least 50 towns around the UK, but Labour are in total denial over the whole thing.
“And don't forget, it was a Labour MP that first blew the whistle on this, Anne Cryer, back in 2002 and they've been trying to bury it ever since.
“And the reason is that they cannot admit at any point that the multicultural experiment has had some serious problems.
“If the government don't give in, if we don't get a proper inquiry into this, and goodness knows, we do need one, then we will raise the money and we will appoint or find some sort of independent retired judges to run the thing.
“We're not going to back off from this. The country deserves to know the truth about, firstly, the extent of what happened, and secondly, the extent of the cover up, and who was involved in that cover up.
“We know already from stories; social services, police, but does this go all the way up to the Crown Prosecution Service? Has Sir Keir Starmer got questions to answer?
“I don't know.
“What were the motivations of those that committed these rapes? Were they actually racist motivations? Again, I'm not sure. That's what the inquiry has to be for.
"I've got buckets of emails coming in from all around the country, from victims and the families of victims saying nobody has ever properly heard their side of the story.
“I see no difficulty at all in getting victims and their families to come and speak about what happened.
“Obviously, we would not have the power of subpoena.
“Whether we get social services or not, you know what? I reckon there be retired social services, retired police officers that would come and speak and would tell us the extent of the cover up.
“We need to know the truth. Would it cost quite a lot of money? A reasonable sum of money. But you know what? This inquiry? There's no reason why it can't be done and dusted within a year.
“I have [met victims] in the past. Yes. When I've been up in the North of England.”
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