Elon Musk notably described British officials, whom he accuses of having covered up a case of sexual exploitation of minors in England, as “accomplices” or “apologists for genocidal rape”.
Published on 06/01/2025 14:34
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“Those who spread lies and disinformation (…) are not interested in the victims. They are interested in themselves.” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer denounced the propagators of fake news on Monday January 6, after being the target of a barrage of vehement publications from American multi-billionaire Elon Musk, about the management of a rape and sexual exploitation of minors in England.
While the British political situation was not until then one of his favorite subjects, the boss of Tesla and SpaceX published in a few days on his X network more than 200 messages to attack the British Prime Minister and his government, according to the American site Wired. He accuses the authorities of covering up a vast affair of rape and sexual exploitation of more than 1,500 girls and boys in the north of England over decades, which emerged more than a decade ago, including most of those responsible were men from Pakistan.
The billionaire supporter of Donald Trump said on that Labor Keir Starmer, when he was head of the British public prosecutor’s office, “allowed gangs of rapists to abuse young girls without facing justice”. Il declares the Prime Minister “accomplice in the RAPE OF ENGLAND”, “guilty of terrible crimes against the British people”and has called to put him in prison or even to “hang for treason” those responsible who “covered” the actions “from the gang of Muslim pedophiles”. The messages have a total of several hundred million views.
Questioned about these attacks, Keir Starmer defended his record at the head of the CPS, claiming to have “reopened files” and have “presented the first indictments against an Asian exploitation network”. He also defended the current Secretary of State for Victim Protection, Jess Phillips, whom Elon Musk called a“genocidal rape apologist”. She had recently considered that it was not necessary to carry out a national investigation into the management of sexual exploitation scandals which shook the country, since specific investigations into several of them have already taken place, and have been done since. the subject of violent attacks on social networks.
“When the poison of the far right leads to serious threats against Jess Phillips, then in my opinion a line has been crossed”denounced Keir Starmer. Elon Musk reacted to the Prime Minister’s statements by calling him “totally despicable”and approving a user stating that Jess Philipps “deserved everything she suffered”.
Elon Musk also called for the release of far-right activist Tommy Robinson, and called for the organization of new legislative elections in the United Kingdom, currently governed by Labor. The main supporter of Donald Trump, who has the most followed account on the platform the AfD party in Germany.
