Standing in for Mark Littlewood, Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns of Popular Conservatism looks at campaigning opportunities for the Conservative Party. 

The Government finally bowed to pressure and has agreed to a full inquiry into the grooming (rape) gangs scandal - probably the biggest cover-up in British history.

Keir Starmer decided to announce this inquiry as he was heading to the G7 summit in Canada, rather than facing MPs in the House of Commons. Whenever the Prime Minister is facing political heat, he appears to head to the nearest airport. I wonder what Ed Miliband has to say about that? 

Coming out swinging in a piece for The Sun, Kemi Badenoch said that "Starmer’s cowardice has forced the survivors to wait six months longer than they should’ve done, they must not wait another decade for justice" and speaking in the House of Commons on behalf of Reform UK, Richard Tice asked the Home Secretary that "given that she quite rightly apologised to the victims and survivors, will she apologise on behalf of the Prime Minister, who smeared and labelled those of us who called for a national inquiry?"  

Yvette Cooper, of course, did not apologise. Ministers really haven't learned any lessons. 

I was thinking before putting pen to paper that I can't recall in my lifetime (I'm 54-years-old) a worse time for our country. Sectarian politics has reared its ugly head. Some MPs are more interested in Gaza than they are in their constituents. Tahir Ali, Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green and Moseleymore, is more interested in getting an airport built in Kashmir than he is about getting the bins emptied in Birmingham and ridding the city of its growing rat population. 

In the past two weeks we have seen riots in Northern Ireland. Although none of us condones violence, it appears that the catalyst for the riots were two Romanian-speaking teenagers being charged with attempted rape after allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Ballymena. People are rightly angry and are asking why we are letting so many people into our country who clearly do not share our values. 

Trust in politicians (which was never particularly high) has plummeted to a dangerous low. Does anyone believe a word that comes out of the mouths of ministers? As I said in last week's newsletter, Rachel Reeves' claims that she has fixed the foundations of our economy; that she has removed the barriers to growth; that countries around the world are lining up to do business with Britain again are, in the words of Andrew Neil, "delusional drivel in a class of its own." 

All of the above ought to be opportunities for the Conservative Party. 

Kemi Badenoch blasted Labour over the grooming gangs scandal in her speech in the House of Commons. More of this, please. 

Robert Jenrick has been calling on the Government to release migrant crime statistics and has also posted a video on social media highlighting the ridiculously lenient sentences handed out to child rapists. More of this, please. 

Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Philp also had a good week. With Starmer in Canada, Angela Rayner stood in for him at Prime Minister's Questions and Chris stood in for Kemi Badenoch. He had facts and figures at his fingertips and wiped the floor with Rayner. We need more shadow ministers doing this at the Despatch Box. More of this, please. 

This Government is dire and there are plenty of opportunities for Conservatives to get their teeth into. My advice to all Conservatives MPs is to seize them. Just like Badenoch, Jenrick and Philp, their main objective ought to be making life as difficult as they can for ministers. More of this, please. 

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