Louise Casey is right: children must be saved from grooming gangs. But the culture warriors must be ignored | Polly Toynbee

The new inquiry needs a sharp focus on the reality of this horrific abuse. A process hijacked by opportunists will only fail victims againPoison runs through every aspect of the grooming gang horror. Every element stirs up a particular political bile, from those pathetically vulnerable girls and their vile exploiters, to those well-chosen cases weaponised by the Tories and Faragists with no record of concern for the general plight of children in care.It’s odd that the Tories should wade in