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UK to Plug Loophole Blocking Grooming Gang Ringleader's Deportation

Is Shabir Ahmed's freedom a political failure of will or a legal system too broken to deliver justice?

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UK to Plug Loophole Blocking Grooming Gang Ringleader's Deportation

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Above: British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood at 10 Downing Street, Westminster, on April 30. Image credit: Dan Kitwood/PA Images/Getty Images

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Pro-government narrative

At last, resolve worth applauding: the government is rewriting an outdated law to expel Shabir Ahmed, a monstrous predator who stole childhoods. Victims deserve safety, not loopholes. This decisive stand proves justice can still triumph over bureaucratic inertia.

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Government-critical narrative

This is mere theatre. Ministers tout a law change while quietly admitting Pakistan won't take him and Britain won't negotiate. A monstrous rapist walks free with police protection while victims get platitudes. Britain deserves better than symbolic gestures.

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