Elon Musk blasts Jess Phillips in Oldham investigation row: ‘Deserves to be in prison!’ _ Hieuuk
The tech billionaire was among critics of the Government’s refusal to launch a fresh Oldham probe.
Elon Musk and Jess Phillips. (Image: GETTY/PA)
Kemi Badenoch has demanded a new probe into the UK’s “rape gangs scandal”.
The Tory leader joined US billionaire Elon Musk in calling for an investigation after he launched his latest outspoken attack on Sir Keir Starmer.
The pair seized on a decision by the Labour Government not to lead a public inquiry into historic child sex abuse in Oldham.
Mrs Badenoch said: “The time is long overdue for a full national inquiry into the rape gangs scandal.
“Trials have taken place all over the country in recent years but no one in authority has joined the dots. 2025 must be the year that the victims start to get justice.”
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Mr Musk used his social media platform X to claim that “rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without facing justice” during Sir Keir’s time as Director of Public Prosecutions.
The Tesla boss also claimed that safeguarding minister Jess Phillips “deserves to be in prison” after she denied requests from Oldham Council for a Home Office-led inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester town.
He said: “In the UK, serious crimes such as rape require the Crown Prosecution Service’s approval for the police to charge suspects.
“Who was the head of the CPS when rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without facing justice? Keir Starmer, 2008-2013.
“Who is the boss of Jess Phillips right now? Keir Starmer. The real reason she’s refusing to investigate the rape gangs is that it would obviously lead to the blaming of Keir Stamer (head of the CPS at the time).”
In a letter to the local authority, Ms Phillips said she believes it is “for Oldham Council alone to decide to commission an inquiry into child sexual exploitation locally, rather than for the Government to intervene”.
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In a series of posts on X weighing into British politics on Thursday, Mr Musk called for far-right activist Tommy Robinson to be released from prison.
The X owner, who has been embroiled in an ongoing war of words with the PM, also said a “new election should be called in Britain” due to Labour’s plummeting poll ratings.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse, which published its final report in 2022, described the exploitation of children as an “epidemic that leaves tens of thousands of victims in its poisonous wake”.
The probe, led by Professor Alexis Jay, looked into abuse by organised groups following multiple convictions of sexual offences against children across the UK between 2010-2014, including in Rotherham, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Rochdale and Bristol.
In November last year, Professor Jay said she felt “frustrated” that none of the inquiry’s 20 recommendations had been implemented more than two years after its conclusion.
She said: “It’s a difficult subject matter, but it is essential that there’s some public understanding of it.
“But we can only do what we can to press the Government to look at the delivery of all of this.
“It doesn’t need more consultation, it does not need more research or discussion, it just needs to be done.”
An Oldham Council spokesman said: “Survivors sit at the heart of our work to end child sexual exploitation. Whatever happens in terms of future inquiries, we have promised them that their wishes will be paramount, and we will not renege on that pledge.”
The Home Office has been contacted for comment.
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