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The moment in the ‘grooming gangs’ debate that shamed Jess Phillips

10 April 2025

1:43 AM

10 April 2025

1:43 AM

We are all betrayed by our body language eventually. It’s our inner quisling, itching to expose to the world the feelings our more sentient side would prefer to keep hidden. Yesterday it was Jess Phillips’s turn to be snitched on by her own mannerisms. The surliness with which she listened to MPs speak about the ‘grooming gang’ scandal was a true mask-off moment.

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