A heated row erupted on GB News as presenter Dawn Neesom questioned whether the Government’s new anti-misogyny education programme would actually make a difference.
Talking about Labour’s freshly announced initiative targeting schoolboys, Dawn challenged the idea that classroom lessons alone could change behaviour, sparking a fiery debate on the channel.
“You can teach boys in schools, especially in East London, all you like, but when they go home and see fathers treating mothers badly, what’s the point?” she asked.
The host was responding to comments made by Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips, who had stated that no community in Britain is immune from men and boys becoming sexual offenders.
Laila Cunningham accused the state of delivering contradictory messages to young males.
“On the one hand, it’s ‘women and girls must be respected’ a fantastic message,” she said.
“But on the other hand, we’re allowing thousands of unfettered men into this country, housing them in towns and villages, and turning a blind eye when they sexually assault or rape girls.”
Ms Cunningham criticised the Government’s handling of grooming gang investigations, claiming authorities had “ignored grooming gangs for decades” and that the current inquiry was “non-exhaustive and chaired by a Labour insider.”
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Dawn said: “I’m all for collecting data, but it’s statistically proven that men from Afghanistan and Eritrea, in particular, are more likely to commit sex offences than indigenous British men.”
Mr Walker said: “That’s slightly separate they are newly arrived individuals. These are people from misogynistic cultures that treat women as less than second-class citizens.”
Ms Cunningham: “I have to put you up on that. Many haven’t arrived from war zones they’ve failed asylum claims in multiple countries, and England takes them all.
“The point is, the state has no moral authority to lecture our boys because it buried rape gangs for decades.
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“They’re allowing unfettered men into towns and villages, and some do go on to commit assaults admittedly, not all. And worse, the Labour Party can’t even define what a woman is.”
The debate followed Thursday’s announcement of Labour’s £20million strategy to combat violence against women and girls.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer unveiled plans requiring all secondary schools to deliver lessons on healthy relationships, with teachers receiving specialist training on topics including consent and the risks of sharing intimate images online.
Boys as young as 11 displaying concerning behaviour could be enrolled in intervention programmes designed to challenge misogynistic attitudes.
“Every parent should be able to trust that their daughter is safe at school, online and in her relationships,” Starmer said. “But too often toxic ideas are taking hold early and going unchallenged.”
Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips described violence against women and girls as a “national emergency,” pledging the Government would deploy “the full power of the state” to address it.