Elon Musk criticizes the British government for covering up a “scandal” of gang rapes of young girls.
Behind these messages, the billionaire brings back the old affair of the “Grooming gangs” which has marked the United Kingdom in recent years.
A new demonstration of how the boss of X influences European politics for the benefit of the far right.
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“Should America free the British people from their tyrannical government?” A nuanced question launched by Elon Musk to his approximately 211 million subscribers and to all X users this Monday, January 6. The latest of around fifty provocative publications intended to fuel controversy in the United Kingdom. At the heart of the case is an old scandal about gangs of men, mainly of foreign origin, who allegedly trapped and raped girls in England for several decades.
A breach into which several figures of disinformation have infiltrated in France. “Thanks to Elon Musk, we are finally talking about the fact that British justice did not protect thousands of girls and young women who were being raped by Pakistani and Bengali gangs”exclaimed Florian Philippot, thanking the American billionaire for his action “salutary”. “Thanks to Elon Musk for helping expose this scandal”added Nicolas Dupont-Aignan.
So, what are the two presidents of sovereignist parties, who have no elected mandate, relying on? We return to this online campaign transformed into an attempt at political destabilization.
A 15 year old affair
This “Grooming gang” affair actually dates back to the 2010s. At the time, the first complaints appeared and the United Kingdom discovered, horrified, that thousands of young girls had been kidnapped, assaulted and raped by “grooming gangs”. pedophiles” in several towns across the country, including Rotherham, Oldham, Telford and Rochdale. The majority of those accused are men born in the United Kingdom and originally from Pakistan (new window) who engage in grooming. A practice of befriending or approaching a child with the aim of manipulating them for sexual purposes.
Contrary to what we read online, the case attracted full attention from the administration and the media. On January 5, 2011, the Times even makes its front page (new window) on this “conspiracy of silence on sex gangs in the UK”. So much so that an investigation into this subject is being carried out in the town of Rotherham. In his report submitted in 2014 (new window)Alexis Jay, social worker and now independent chair of the Center of Excellence for Children in Scotland (CELCIS), points out collective failures “flagrants”. She affirms that it is the entire administration which “underrated” the scale of the problem, from local police to elected officials. And regrets that city council staff feared being accused of “racism” if he focused on the stories that the perpetrators were all men “Asian”. According to his estimate “prudent”, 1,400 children were allegedly attacked between 1997 and 2013, mainly by men of Pakistani origin.
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A scandal which the entire press seized upon. As far as France. “Child sex abuse case hits Rotherham”wrote our editorial staff (new window) August 27, 2014. “England uncovers Yorkshire sex abuse scandal”title The World (new window) the day before. We are far from a supposed media silence or political inaction. Especially since the authorities are requesting a second investigation, on a national scale.
Historic, this report published in 2022 (new window) by the same team describes this phenomenon as “endemic” in England and Wales, and lists a number of recommendations. Note that this time, Alexis Ray is no longer able to link these facts to a community, highlighting the general inability of the police to record the ethnic origin of the perpetrators. “This makes it impossible to know whether a particular ethnic group is over-represented among perpetrators of child sexual assault by gangs.”
Elon Musk relaunches the affair
A very old affair, which resurfaces today thanks to revelations from the British media (new window) that the Secretary of State for Victim Protection, Jess Phillips, had rejected a request for an investigation into the matter. While Oldham Town Council had requested government investigations, Jess Philips responded in a letter that he was returning to the town “to decide to launch an investigation into the sexual exploitation of children at the local level, rather than for the government to intervene”.
Among the arguments put forward, the existence of the report cited above, carried out over seven years in six British cities. The chair of this investigation, who has worked for more than 15 years to bring this matter to light, herself refused to support this appeal from the town of Oldham. In the press, Alexis Jay responded (new window) that the priority was now to implement the recommendations set out from 2022.
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Faced with these elements, the need for a new investigation seems unconvincing. This was without counting on Elon Musk. On X, the billionaire attacked the entire Labor government, accusing it of being “accomplice in the rape of Britain”. Among other provocations, Donald Trump's right-hand man fabricated false quotes, called for “hate mainstream media” or shared an image of the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, crossing out the phrase “I facilitate the rape of children.”
Attacks against which the government was obliged to respond. The Prime Minister himself recalled this Monday January 6 (new window) during a press conference all of its action to fight against child crime and against exploitation “revolting” minors. “For many, many years, too many victims were completely abandoned”he admitted on the sidelines of a press conference on the British healthcare system, stressing that since then, the prosecution system has evolved. Particularly under his own leadership when he was Attorney General, as the BBC recalls (new window). “Today, this file is no longer secret.”
Without ever quoting Elon Musk, the tenant of 10 Downing Street then attacked “those who spread lies and false information”. In her eyes, as in those of the woman who is at the origin of the most important work on this subject, the time is no longer for controversy but for action. “There is no need for further consultation or further research, we simply need to act”he concluded, committing to applying the recommendations set out in 2022 by Alexis Jay.
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