Keir Starmer torpedoes Elon Musk over ‘lies’ about grooming gangs
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Keir Starmer torpedoes Elon Musk over ‘lies’ about grooming gangs

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk and right-wing populists of spreading lies about child abuse grooming gangs and warned “they have crossed a line”. Not on lies.” open image in gallery Elon Musk has used his X platform to attack the prime minister’s record Mr Starmer also criticised the Tories for appearing to support Mr Musk. Baroness Hoey said: “The prime minister has really gone too far this time in his attempts to call anyone who speaks out on grooming gangs far right.” Her words were echoed by shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick who said: “Starmer’s government has launched more than 60 reviews since taking office, but won’t launch a national inquiry into rape gangs. He even turned his fire on former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown, retweeting an allegation he had suggested the victims of grooming gangs “had made a lifestyle choice”.

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