Keir Starmer set to defend record on grooming gangs as Elon Musk says PM should be ‘in prison’
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Sir Keir Starmer is expected to defend his record on tackling grooming gangs after Elon Musk continued his string of attacks on the Prime Minister. On Monday morning the tech tycoon tweeted: “Prison for Starmer” and claimed that previous Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown committed an “unforgivable crime against the British people” by allegedly failing to stop child sex trafficking gangs when he was in power.
Sir Keir, who is due to lay out Government plans to slash NHS waiting lists on Monday, is expected to use questions after his speech to defend his record on prosecuting rapists when he was leading the Crown Prosecution Service. Mr Musk has spent days using X, the social media platform he bought and renamed from Twitter in 2022, to call for a new UK general election as well as accusing the Prime Minister of failing to bring "rape gangs" to justice when he was director of public prosecutions (DPP).
The world’s richest man is set to take on a key role in President Donald Trump’s administration later this month and there are fears the row could threaten Britain and the US’s “special relationship”. Health minister Karin Smyth said she did not agree with the comments, but diplomatic relations between the two countries would be maintained.
“The United States is a key ally who we have worked with for many years,” she told LBC. She added: “Of course our international interests are best served by working together and that’s what we will do.”. Mr Musk has also attacked other senior Labour MPs.
