Final week the Tesla founder referred to as for a nationwide inquiry into the dealing with of circumstances of rape by males of Pakistani heritage of underage ladies at a time when Starmer headed the federal government’s prosecution service.
A 2014 inquiry discovered at the least 1,400 kids had been subjected to sexual exploitation in Rotherham, northern England, between 1997 and 2013.
On Sunday, UK well being minister Wes Streeting defended Starmer and one other member of his cupboard, Jess Phillips, who incurred Musk’s ire for reportedly saying that any recent inquiry ought to be dealt with by the native authority.
“It is all very simple to sit down there and hearth off one thing in haste and click on ‘ship’ when individuals like Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips have accomplished the laborious yards of really locking up spouse beaters, rapists and paedophiles,” Streeting advised the BBC.