Sir Keir Starmer slammed Elon Musk and declared the tech billionaire does not care about grooming gang victims.
The Prime Minister finally responded to the Tesla chief’s repeated attacks on the UK, saying “those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible are not interested in victims, they are interested in themselves”.
Sir Keir insisted child sexual exploitation is “utterly sickening”, adding that he “tackled that head on” as director of public prosecutions.
It follows days of attacks over Britain’s grooming gangs scandal, with World’s richest man claiming Sir Keir Starmer was “complicit in the rape of Britain”.
Mr Musk on Monday morning asked if “America should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government.”
Sir Keir responded: “Those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible, they are not interested in victims.
“Those who are cheering Tommy Robinson are not interested in justice.
“They are supporting a man who went to prison for nearly collapsing a grooming gang case.
“These are people trying to get some kind of vicarious thrill from street violence that people like Tommy Robinson promote, and those attacking Jess Phillips, who I am proud to call a colleague and a friend, for not protecting victims – Jess Phillips has done 1000 times more than they’ve even dreamt about.
“And so, just as I took on the criminal justice system and the institutions when I was chief prosecutor, I’m prepared to call out this for what it is.
“We’ve seen this playbook many times, whipping up of intimidation and threats of violence.”
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