Alka Sehgal Cuthbert wrote in 2012 that she might not have reported the crime when she was a teacher MATTHEW LEWIS/GETTY IMAGESA Brexit Party candidate referred to “so-called victims” of female genital mutilation and said that she might not report the crime if she was still a teacher. Campaigners called for the Brexit Party to distance itself from Alka Sehgal Cuthbert’s comments, saying it should make clear that young girls “should be protected from serious harm”. The remarks were contained in an article for the website Spiked in 2012. She wondered what she would do if a girl came to her anxious about the possibility of being circumcised. “Would I go straight to some appointed female genital mutilation/cutting officer, social services or the…

Source: The Times May 21, 2019 22:52 UTC