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Jan 8, 2025 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Andrew Norfolk, the reporter who broke the story of the grooming gangs scandal in 2011, wants to "set the record straight".
He tells us...
• Elon Musk’s attacks about the historical grooming gangs scandal are an “utter distortion of the truth”
“Musk presents Tommy Robinson as a great hero, as a great defender of young women. Tommy Robinson nearly wrecked one of the criminal trials through his careless behavior.”
Jun 28, 2024 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
We went to Birmingham Ladywood to meet Akhmed Yakoob - a TikTok star and defence lawyer - who's in a two-horse race with Labour to become the constituency’s independent MP.
Mr. Yakoob has courted controversy for comments on Andrew Tate and domestic violence. We wanted to ask him if he's a fit and proper candidate for parliament...
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The problem was, after agreeing to an interview, Mr. Yakoob's team suddenly pulled out.
