Keir Stammer Describes Elon Musk’s Attack On UK Government As ‘Lies, Misinformation’

The UK leader mentioned this on Monday, describing Musk’s recent comments as inaccuracies targetted to undermine the British democracy.

British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has accused American billionaire, Elon Musk, of spreading “lies and misinformation” against his government.

The UK leader mentioned this on Monday, describing Musk’s recent comments as inaccuracies targetted to undermine the British democracy.

In recent times, Elon Musk via his social media platform, X, expressed his enthusiasm in UK politics since the Labour Party was elected in July.

The US businessman had called for a new election and demanded Starmer be imprisoned.

For instance, on Monday he posted an online poll for his 210 million followers on the proposition: “America should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government.”

He is also known for often retweeting criticism of Starmer and the hashtag TwoTierKeir – shorthand for an unsubstantiated claim that Britain has “two-tier policing” with far-right protesters treated more harshly than pro-Palestinian or Black Lives Matter demonstrators.

Musk also concentrated on child sexual assault, particularly a string of instances that shook northern England towns, in which groups of men, mostly of Pakistani descent, were tried for grooming and abusing scores of girls.

Far-right activists have used the instances to link child abuse to immigration, accusing politicians of covering up “grooming gangs” for fear of seeming racist.

The X owner demanded a public inquiry into the cases.

An inquiry was held under the previous Conservative government, though many of the recommendations it made in 2022 have yet to be implemented.

Musk also has accused Starmer of failing to bring perpetrators to justice when he was England’s director of public prosecutions between 2008 and 2013.

Reacting to the developments while speaking during a question session at a hospital near London, Starmer berated “those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible,” particularly opposition Conservative politicians in Britain who have echoed some of Musk’s claims.

Starmer defended his record as chief prosecutor, saying he had reopened closed cases and “changed the whole prosecution approach” to child sexual exploitation.

He also condemned language used by Musk about Jess Phillips, a government minister responsible for combating violence against women and girls. Musk called Phillips a “rape genocide apologist” and said she deserved to be in prison.

“When the poison of the far-right leads to serious threats to Jess Phillips and others, then in my book, a line has been crossed,” Starmer was quoted by APNews.

He added: “I enjoy the cut and thrust of politics, the robust debate that we must have, but that’s got to be based on facts and truth, not on lies.”

The Prime Minister added that people “cheerleading Tommy Robinson … are trying to get some vicarious thrill from street violence that people like Tommy Robinson promote.”

APNews reports that Starmer largely avoided mentioning Musk by name in his responses, likely wary of giving him more of a spotlight — or of angering Musk ally, Donald Trump, who is due to be inaugurated as the United States president on January 20.