Jim,
"And why are you continuing to ignore Straw's point that
THERE IS NO RACIAL INFERENCE TO BE DRAWN FROM THESE EVENTS?"

I am not ignoring it.
I agree with it.
I just posted,"His explanation was that they did it, not because of their race, but because their own girls are off limits."

I do not know if the problem is confined to the Midlands and North of England.
That is just where the evidence has all come from.

17 court prosecutions since 1997, 14 of them in the past three years, involving the on-street grooming of girls aged 11 to 16 by groups of men.
The victims came from 13 towns and cities and in each case two or more men were convicted of offences.

Also the testimonies of MPs, support workers, police, etc., etc., etc.,.....