Sir Keir Starmer appeared to accuse Elon Musk of “spreading lies” and being “desperate for attention” as a war of words over the grooming gangs scandal escalated.
The Prime Minister told a press conference this morning: “Those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible, they are not interested in victims, they are interested in themselves.”
He added: “I enjoy the cut and trust of politics, the robust debate that we must have but that has got to be based on facts and truth, not on lies, not on those who are so desperate for attention that they are prepared to debase themselves and their country.”
Mr Musk criticised the Government for refusing to hold a public inquiry into historic sexual abuse by grooming gangs in Oldham.
He attacked the decision, taken by safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, as “disgraceful”. Ms Phillips insisted it was “for Oldham council alone” to decide whether to launch an investigation into alleged exploitation between 2011 and 2014.
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