Elon Musk's recent criticism of the British government's handling of a historic child abuse scandal has sparked a response from a prominent British politician.
A prominent British politician responded Friday to criticism from Elon Musk about how the government handled a historic child abuse scandal. In recent days, Musk has shared and reacted to posts on his social media platform X that have been critical of the British government after it rejected a request for a public inquiry into the abuse scandal in the town of Oldham in northern England.
Although Health Secretary Wes Streeting said Musk's views were “misguided and certainly ill-informed,” he urged the world's richest man and Donald Trump ally to work with the government in the fight against child sexual exploitation. The government has argued that Oldham should follow the lead of other cities and commission its own investigation into the historical abuse of minors, mainly girls. A 2022 report on safeguarding measures in Oldham between 2011 and 2014 found failings in local agencies to protect children, but that there was no cover-up despite “legitimate concerns” that the far-right would capitalize on “high-profile convictions of predominantly Pakistani offenders across the country”. Musk has also attacked British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, accusing him of not bringing to justice what many call “gangs of rapists” when he was director of public prosecutions between 2008 and 2013. The scandals, Musk said Friday, represent a “mass crime against humanity”
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