Jessica Gill is a political commentator and member of the Foundation for Economic Education. Gill is the founder of Women’s Safety UK, an organisation that exposes sex crimes related to mass migration.
You say that the main problem for the safety of British women is mass migration, but what influence does the Islamisation of more and more cities have on this process?
I was recently on GBNews and took part in a debate on this topic. When I spoke about grooming gangs—which are becoming increasingly well known, but in many cases still without justice—I was told that there were many Muslims who had been successful in the UK, as if one thing justified the other. In any case, I don’t think this problem is limited to those from Muslim countries, but from all those who come from cultures that consider women to be inferior.
That is why the big problem is mass migration, because in the past, and I am speaking from my own experience in the city where I grew up, it was much safer for women to walk down the street; of course, that safety was not absolute, but it has nothing to do with the situation today. Moreover, our authorities turn a blind eye and pretend that everything is fine, that integration is working, and that all cultures are equal.
Do you think the “Rotherham case” has changed the general perception of what is going on in the UK?
We now know that the reality of the grooming gangs has been going on for decades, but most people didn’t know about these cases until they hit the mainstream media a few years ago. We also know that the police, in order not to get into any racial controversy, turned a blind eye and didn’t do what they were supposed to do: help these girls. And even when all the media spotlight was on this issue, the authorities again failed to support the victims.
I think another reason why this didn’t come to light earlier was that the victims were working class; if it had happened with middle-class people, it wouldn’t have gone on for so long.
However, this and other cases have led to a reaction, and more and more people are speaking out against this situation.
The Labour government has applied harsh repression and censorship against those who have spoken out. Aren’t you afraid of being censored or persecuted for speaking out on this issue?
Honestly, it’s a risk worth taking. That’s nothing compared to what all these girls have had to go through, and I think someone has to defend them. Of course, it is clear to me that the organisation will suffer legal action, and we will do our best to avoid it, on the basis that our actions are peaceful and respectful. I am willing to make whatever sacrifices are necessary, but I would feel very bad if someone in my group faces a legal problem. For that reason, to avoid that, we are preparing our people and collecting support and resources.
Do you think there is any solution to this problem from the political parties, such as Reform, or even the Tories?
I’m not really sure. We don’t belong to any party, but we will support anyone who is willing to address these issues and stand up for women’s safety. That is to say, in the unlikely event of Labour changing course, we would support them. In my opinion, our task must be to push for a change in migration policies, which is difficult to ignore because it is a very serious issue, and even those who are now looking the other way will have to face reality. I don’t know what will happen in the coming months, but we cannot remain silent.
Why did you decide to found Women’s Safety UK in the first place?
Basically because women’s safety is being compromised by the problems generated by mass migration, which has increased the number of harassments, rapes and sexual assaults. Personally, I experienced a situation of harassment, and I thought that my country cannot tolerate this, and that my country cannot be a place where a woman cannot walk alone in the street or enjoy a picnic on a sunny day. I found that many women had had similar experiences and that this situation is far more common than it should be. I received a lot of support from these women and also from many men who have daughters, sisters, girlfriends, or wives, and who want to take care of them. That encouraged me to set up the organisation.
What are the objectives of Women’s Safety UK?
I know it sounds a bit leftish, but we empower women by sharing these experiences and supporting victims. We also think it’s very important to put a face to all of them, because we have the statistics of all these crimes, but those faceless data are just numbers. In the UK, everybody knows who George Floyd was, but nobody knows about Emily Jones, a seven-year-old girl killed in Manchester by a woman who had entered the country illegally. If we were to ask on the street right now, I don’t think anyone would know who Emily Jones was, which is an absolute disgrace.
What are left-wing feminists doing in the face of these facts?
Feminism limits itself to saying that a particular group cannot be singled out for these facts and denies reality and statistics. They give no importance to the origin of rapists and sex offenders, nor to the fact that most of them come from countries where women are discriminated against.
This does not surprise me, because acknowledging the facts would go against their ideology and shows that this false feminism—although I am against the concept of an ideology that only defends one group—does not care about the safety of women.
