"It must be true because these high-ups said it."

I would never say that.
I did not need to hunt around for quotes. They were widely reported and no-one was contradicting them. Read what was said at the time.

. The vast, vast majority of Pakistani men are decent, hard-working, law-abiding individuals

I know, and have always said so.

A very tiny minority engaged in despicable criminal activity in the Rochdale area,

I agree, and that applies to all those other towns and cities where this has been an issue.

But enough about me and enough about grooming gangs.
What about the subject of this thread?