Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, has sparked controversy by making unsubstantiated claims about UK politician Keir Starmer's alleged involvement in a child sexual abuse scandal. Musk alleges Starmer's complicity and calls for his imprisonment, citing a controversial Home Office memo from Gordon Brown's era. The accusations have triggered calls for defamation lawsuits and debate surrounding a fresh national inquiry.
Owner of social media platform X has shared a series of posts about the British PM and other senior politiciansIn the past week the tech billionaire has shared a flurry of posts on his social media platform X accusingIt is the latest intervention by the SpaceX founder in UK political affairs, and his most incendiary yet – even triggering calls for Starmer to sue for defamation.
Musk and the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, have called for a fresh national inquiry, but Afzal and Jay have both saidIn 2009, nine months after Starmer took up the role, a decision was taken not to prosecute alleged perpetrators in Rochdale. CPS lawyers argued that the victim would not come across as reliable or credible.
In 2013, Starmer revised CPS procedures on how prosecutors should deal with grooming cases in an effort to ensure that victims would not be dismissed in the future. Afzal later said: “Keir left in 2013, the CPS having gone from being dire at doing sex-abuse cases to having the highest conviction rate in our history. That wouldn’t have been possible without the support, resources and the protection I was given by Keir, at a time when it would have been easier to give up.
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