Tory leader fails to find a sensitive side as she flails alongside parents and survivors of child abuse gangsThis was meant to be Kemi putting her best foot forward. Nice Kemi. Kind Kemi. Collaborative Kemi. All the Kemis that don’t usually see the light of day. A press conference with Chris Philp and four parents and survivors of child sexual abuse exploitation gangs. A moment of calm. Of reflection. A time to put the victims back where they always should have been. Front and centre. It was nice while it lasted.Maybe it was an act of partial atonement. During her reply to Yvette Cooper’s statement to the Commons on the Casey report on Monday, Kemi had turned the occasion into one that was all about her. Not a hint of apology for any failings for which she and previous Conservative governments might have made. The victims and survivors were just collateral damage in her fight with Labour. Her sole focus Keir Starmer’s refusal to grant a national inquiry six months earlier. Her tone tin-eared at best. Many of her Conservative colleagues looked on in embarrassment. Continue reading...