Elon Musk has continued his extraordinary attack on the UK (Image: Getty)
Elon Musk has continued his extraordinary attack on the UK by asking if America should “liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government”.
The tech tycoon, in his most bizarre outburst yet, asked his followers on his social media site X to vote on Britain’s future.
The US tech billionaire, a key ally of , turned on yesterday after the Reform leader distanced himself from Mr Musk’s support of Tommy Robinson.
Mr Musk has praised Robinson, who was jailed in October for contempt of court for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee, for highlighting the grooming gangs scandal and has latched on to claims that Sir Keir failed to prosecute grooming gangs while in post.
Mr Musk later appeared to back Rupert Lowe, a Reform MP and former Southampton FC chairman, to take over the party.And he posted on Monday morning: “America should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government.”
Mr Musk also gave his followers a chance to vote on the proposition.
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Elon Musk is a close ally of Donald Trump (Image: Getty)
Mr Lowe broke his silence on Monday morning, stating: “More awareness has been raised around the rape and abuse of thousands of vulnerable British girls in the last few days than has ever happened before. “As a country, this is a conversation we needed to have. It shames our political class that it has taken a man of ’s influence to drag this into the light.
“This is where the focus should remain, not elsewhere – swift and brutal justice for those responsible.
“Tommy Robinson’s role in exposing these gangs should be acknowledged. He is not right for Reform, but I do think that his efforts in revealing these heinous crimes should not be overlooked.
“I thank Elon for his kind comments. I just want to do what is right for my constituency and my country – that is my only interest.
“Nigel is leader of Reform. He made happen, and for that I will always be grateful. I look forward to working with Nigel and the entire team to continue to hold this incompetent Labour Party to account, democratise our own party, win the next election and form a Reform Government.
“A power from outside the existing political establishment is the ONLY way to achieve the change this country so desperately needs.”
As he returns from Parliament’s Christmas recess, the Prime Minister is likely to face questions over Mr Musk’s tweets and calls from other parties to launch a new inquiry into child sexual exploitation.
The chairwoman of a previous inquiry that uncovered wide-ranging failings in how institutions protected children said she was not seeking a new probe, but for the Government to take the steps recommended in her final report more than two years ago.
“Our mission is not to call for new inquiries but to advocate for the full implementation of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse’s recommendations. A Child Protection Authority is critical to this process,” said Professor Alexis Jay.
Mr Musk’s criticism of Sir Keir included saying he had failed to bring “rape gangs” to justice as director of public prosecutions (DPP) from 2008 to 2013 and calling him “complicit in the rape of Britain”.
As DPP, Sir Keir brought in a national network of specialist prosecutors for child abuse and sexual exploitation to oversee convictions against grooming gangs and changed Crown Prosecution Service guidance to focus on the credibility of allegations rather than whether victims would make good witnesses.
Mr Musk also posted on X, which he owns, suggesting that safeguarding minister Jess Phillips “deserves to be in prison” for denying requests for the Home Office to lead a public inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Oldham and called her a “rape genocide apologist”.
Members of Sir Keir’s Cabinet defended him and Ms Phillips over the weekend.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper called the Birmingham Yardley MP a “fearless and formidable” advocate for sexual abuse victims and praised her work as a Home Office minister.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting called Mr Musk’s attacks on Ms Phillips a “disgraceful smear” on the Sunday media round.
She and the Prime Minister have an “actual record of banging up rapists, paedophiles and sex offenders, so they don’t need lectures from anyone else”, he said.
Social media platforms can help to clamp down on those grooming children online if Mr Musk wants to “roll his sleeves up and actually do something about tackling violence against women and girls”, he said.
The Tesla and Space X boss took aim at Ms Phillips after she wrote to Oldham council saying it must follow other towns such as Rotherham and Telford and commission its own inquiry into historical abuse of children.
Labour is now facing calls for a new national inquiry from Reform UK and the , the latter of which had refused a request for a public inquiry into events in Oldham while in government.
Sir Keir’s Government is against launching another nationwide probe and has said it is working to implement recommendations from Professor Jay’s inquiry, which concluded in 2022.
That inquiry 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.
Campaign group Act on IICSA, chaired by Professor Jay, has called on the Government to set out a timeline for putting in place its recommendations.
It has also urged it to set up a child protection authority to cover the key recommendations of standardising data collecting and sharing, enhancing analysis and identification of organised networks and abuse patterns and proactively funding measures to prevent abuse and support victims and survivors.