A report that piqued Musk’s interest earlier this week claimed that Security Minister Jess Phillips rejected a request by the city council for a government-led inquiry into the sexual exploitation of children in Oldham, a town near Manchester in northern England that is one of the areas where allegations of abuse have surfaced. from the grooming gang. While Musk and his allies claim this is part of a larger government cover-up, Phillips actually wrote in the letter that “Oldham Council has only decided to conduct an investigation into child sexual exploitation locally, rather than have the government intervene.” The previous Conservative-led government also rejected Oldham’s call for a government-led inquiry in 2022. Musk called for Phillips to be jailed and called him a “rape genocide apologist.” Musk and Phillips did not respond to WIRED’s requests for comment. Musk also used the report to call again, for Starmer to be removed as prime minister. year,” Musk wrote on X on Friday morning, in a post now pinned to the top of the timeline. “Starmer must go and he must face charges for his involvement in the worst mass crime in British history.” introducing new rules aimed at keeping cases sexual harassment charges. Starmer and the UK government’s press office did not respond to comments, but health secretary Wes Streeting told the BBC that Musk’s comments were “misjudged and certainly misinformed.” Musk has also drawn some right-wing figures into the conversation, including accounts like Chaya Raichik, who runs the anti-LGBTQ account, anti-transgender activist Riley Gaines, and former US national security adviser Michael Flynn also weighed in, writing on X: “What Should the UK be exempted?” “Yes,” Musk replied. that the president-elect would “consider appropriate sanctions against the UK until the issue is resolved.” parliament and hold general elections. When the monarch in England dissolves parliament before a general election, it is done only at the request of the prime minister, and the monarch’s power is, in fact, no more than a rubber stamp.
