Carole Malone didn’t hold back during a fiery debate on GB News this week, as tensions flared over the issue of grooming gangs and Labour’s handling of past allegations. The Express columnist, who has spoken passionately on child exploitation in recent months, got into a heated row with journalist Benjamin Butterworth live on air.
As the conversation turned to Labour’s role in historic grooming gang scandals, Benjamin tried to defend the party from claims of a cover-up. “Some people use [the grooming gangs scandal] to antagonise rather than think about the real issues,” he argued, before slamming those who protested in response: “Those people that went out and rioted were a complete disgrace.”
But Carole wasn’t having it. Clearly furious, she snapped back: “How can you antagonise people by asking them to take it seriously?” She firmly rejected the idea that the scandal is being used as a political weapon and challenged Labour’s record on the issue. When Benjamin claimed the party had taken the matter seriously, she interrupted sharply: “That’s a lie!”
She then pointed to a specific Labour MP who she said had claimed to care deeply about tackling child exploitation, but then allegedly “completely sneered at it” when the issue came up in public.
Benjamin countered by highlighting the efforts of Sarah Champion, the Labour MP for Rotherham – one of the areas worst affected by grooming scandals. “She’s been working on this long before anyone from Reform started tweeting about it,” he said. “That’s a Labour MP from one of the areas that was most affected.”
However, another panellist jumped in with a sharp retort: “She was sacked by the Labour hierarchy for raising the issue – we wonder why Labour MPS don’t talk about it!”
The discussion captured just how emotionally charged this topic still is, with deep frustration around how it has been handled across the political spectrum. For Carole, the outrage stems from a belief that vulnerable children were failed, not just by perpetrators, but by those in power who didn’t act fast or boldly enough.
And for others, it’s about ensuring the conversation doesn’t turn into a political football. It was a raw, uncomfortable exchange — but one that shows the issue remains far from resolved in the eyes of the public.
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