PM hits back at Musk’s grooming gangs attacks
Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby is next to question the prime minister, asking him about comments made by Tesla boss Elon Musk about Jess Phillips.
Mr Musk called the safeguarding minister an “evil witch” and a “rape genocide apologist” and said she should be put in jail.
“I think most people are more interested in what’s going to happen to the NHS frankly than what’s happening on Twitter,” Sir Keir Starmer replies.
But, he adds that: “Child sexual exploitation is utterly sickening and for many years too many victims have been completely let down by perverse ideas about community relations.
“They have not been listened to, and they have not been heard.”
Referring specifically to the comments made about Ms Phillips, he says: “Those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and wide as possible are not interested in victims.”
“Those attacking Jess Phillips, who I am proud to call a colleague and friend, are not protecting victims. Jess Phillips has done a thousand times more than they’ve ever dreamed about when it comes to protecting victims of sexual abuse.
“I’m prepared to call this out for what it is… the whipping up of intimidation and threats of violence, hoping the media will amplif
