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War of Words Between U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Elon Musk Heats Up: ‘Starmer Is Utterly Despicable’


Kei Starmer has responded to Elon Musk's criticism over the U.K. government's handling of the grooming gang crisis.

The real reason [the government is not holding an inquiry into the scandal] is that it would show how Starmer repeatedly ignored the pleas of vast numbers of little girls and their parents, in order to secure political support. The brouhaha kicked off last week after the U.K.’s home office minister Jess Phillips denied a request to hold a government inquiry into the historic systemic abuse of young women by the gangs across U.K. cities including Rotherham, Oldham, Rochdale and Bristol. Musk continued to post about the scandal over the weekend, with tweets and retweets ranging from court transcripts from some of the sexual abuse cases to support for British far right agitator Tommy Robinson.

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