LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday strongly condemned “lies and misinformation” being spread on social media over his record as a former prosecutor and against one of his ministers in relation to the contentious issue of child sexual abuse by grooming gangs.
Without naming billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has been using his X platform to attack the British government’s handling of the scandal going back many years and involving men of Pakistani heritage in many cases, Starmer defended the actions being planned to implement expert recommendations.
He defended his safeguarding minister, Jess Phillips, and targeted the Opposition Conservative Party for jumping on a “bandwagon of the far Right” while failing to take appropriate steps to protect victims while in government.