{"id":289238,"date":"2025-10-22T21:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/grooming-gang-inquiry-possible-chair-pulls-out-over-political-point-scoring\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:04:57","slug":"grooming-gang-inquiry-possible-chair-pulls-out-over-political-point-scoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/grooming-gang-inquiry-possible-chair-pulls-out-over-political-point-scoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Grooming gang inquiry: Possible chair pulls out over political &#8216;point scoring&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/m6l8-sWI6Ms\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Grooming gang inquiry: Possible chair pulls out over political 'point scoring'\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m6l8-sWI6Ms\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The setting up of a National Inquiry into grooming gangs has further knocked off course with the announcement that Jim Gamble, the former police officer believed to be the last person under consideration to chair it, has now withdrawn from the process. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>He said his decision was partially due to &quot;the highly charged and toxic environment that has surrounded the appointment process.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>His departure follows the resignation of two more people from the inquiry&#8217;s victims and survivors panel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The setting up of a National Inquiry into grooming gangs has further knocked off course with the announcement that Jim Gamble, the former police officer believed to be the last person under consideration to chair it, has now withdrawn from the process. 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