Sir Keir Starmer has accused individuals of “spreading lies” about grooming gangs and stated they aren’t excited by victims after Elon Musk accused him of being “complicit” within the scandal.
“Those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and wide as possible, they’re not interested in victims. They’re interested in themselves,” Sir Keir stated.
“I enjoy the thrust of politics, the robust debate that we must have. But that’s got to be based on facts and truth, not on lies. Not on those who are so desperate for attention that they’re prepared to debase themselves and their country.”
He stated he wouldn’t touch upon particular individuals’s accusations however was answering a query about Mr Musk claiming safeguarding minister Jess Phillips “deserves to be in jail” and calling her a “rape genocide apologist” for rejecting a name for a nationwide inquiry into historic baby grooming in Oldham.
The PM accused the Tories of “amplifying what the far-right is saying” on baby sexual abuse after failing to behave “for 14 long years”.
Sir Keir stated his file as director of public prosecutions (DPP) from 2008-2013 reveals how he modified “the entire approach” to baby sexual abuse victims that was stopping them from being heard, and had the best variety of circumstances prosecuted on file.
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Elon Musk has been posting accusations about Sir Keir over the previous week. File pic: AP Photograph/Evan Vucci
He stated he reopened circumstances he felt weren’t correctly investigated and oversaw the primary prosecution of an Asian grooming gang in Rochdale.
Sir Keir additionally stated he referred to as for obligatory reporting however the Conservatives failed to do this.
The PM stated Ms Phillips has executed “a thousand times more” to guard sexual abuse victims than these criticising her have “even dreamt about”.
That is the primary time Sir Keir has responded on to a flurry of accusations from Mr Musk over the previous week.
Mr Musk has been utilizing X, the social media platform he owns, to assault Sir Keir and Ms Phillips after it emerged final week she stated Oldham Council ought to perform its personal inquiry as an alternative of a nationwide one.
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Musk ‘ill-informed’ on grooming gangs
The billionaire has accused the prime minister of being “complicit” as he was the director of the DPP on the time gangs of males, primarily of Pakistani descent, have been exploiting primarily white women, as younger as 11, in a number of cities throughout the UK.
The richest man on the earth has stated Sir Keir needs to be in jail and on Monday morning posted a ballot asking if “America should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government”.
Conservative chief Kemi Badenoch has referred to as for a full nationwide inquiry into the “rape gangs scandal” as she stated “no one in authority has joined the dots” between the systematic rape of younger ladies by organised gangs throughout the UK.
Sir Keir added: “What I won’t tolerate is politicians jumping on the bandwagon simply to get attention.
“When these politicians sat in authorities for 14 lengthy years tweeting, speaking, however not doing something about it, now, so determined for consideration. However they’re amplifying what the far proper is saying.”
