Keir Starmer’s Britain is facing yet another law-and-order meltdown — and Julia Hartley-Brewer is not letting ministers off the hook.
Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabbir Ahmed, known sickeningly as “Daddy”, is due to be released from prison despite being convicted of 30 rape and sexual offences against girls, including a child as young as 12. Stripped of British citizenship but unable to be deported to Pakistan thanks to an immigration loophole, his victims say they were promised justice — and betrayed again.
Former military intelligence officer Philip Ingram joins Julia to ask why Parliament can pass emergency laws for British Steel, but not to protect British girls.
Also: a BBC investigation tracks down convicted people smuggler Twanna Jamal, once branded the “godfather” of the French migrant camps, allegedly living under a false name in Leicester, driving a BMW and running businesses — while immigration authorities appear powerless or unwilling to act.
Julia and Philip also take aim at Shabana Mahmood’s immigration crackdown, warning that its “disproportionate impact” loophole could leave foreign offenders free to remain in Britain.
There’s also fury over a growing £5 billion defence black hole, with questions over whether Starmer’s promised military uplift exists at all — while Russian drones, spy ships and sanctioned tankers probe Britain’s nuclear sites and NATO defences.
Plus: claims from a former MI6 officer that Peter Mandelson was viewed by Russian intelligence as a “privileged contact”, and what that really means in the world of espionage.
Then Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg joins Julia from College Green to argue that Britain must change primary legislation, override human rights obstacles and leave the ECHR if it wants to deport foreign criminals and protect the public.
And finally: Starmer issues a formal apology to victims of forced adoption — but Rees-Mogg questions whether today’s maternity scandals should be the Government’s real priority.
Julia Hartley-Brewer broadcasts on Talk from Monday to Thursday, 10AM to 1PM.
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