London (Commentary ) — Elon Musk champions free speech on Twitter (now X, after he acquired it). That was a outstanding sentiment. Does free speech give somebody the privilege to criticise judicial choices on instances in the UK? The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, not directly accused Elon Musk of searching for consideration. Given how Musk endorsed AfD, the German right-wing social gathering, and his pronouncements (tweets) on the suitability of Starmer to guide the Labour Occasion, the richest man on the earth appears to assume he can affect British politics together with his mistaken perception that Britain has the perfect politics cash should purchase.
The best way Musk tweets about British politics leaves no room for civil debate. Starmer was the Director of the Crown Prosecution Service when the grooming scandal got here to gentle. On his X platform deal with, Musk campaigned for an inquiry. Professor Alexis Jay, who led the inquiry into little one sexual abuse in England and Wales, rejected calls for one more inquiry. She advised BBC Radio 4 that victims “need motion”. The Occasions of London quoted Professor Alexis as saying that none of her 20 key suggestions have been applied.
One wonders why the Conservatives didn’t implement the suggestions. Kemi Badenoch, the chief of the Conservatives, referred to as for a brand new inquiry into the “grooming gangs scandal”. The Conservatives misplaced to Labour in Might final yr. Kemi has joined a league of populists undermining the British authorized system and exploiting the emotions of the British far-right, whose anti-immigration views even query her suitability to guide a British political social gathering.
It doesn’t happen to Kemi that she is risking contempt of courtroom when she goals to attain political factors in opposition to Starmer by tarnishing the picture of the British prison justice system.
The Conservatives have by no means raised objections to the publication of inquiry suggestions. The unholy social media alliance solid by Musk, Kemi and far-right political activists jeopardises the picture of the UK as a rustic the place the rule of regulation reigns. Starmer took Musk to process over what his critics describe as bigotry masquerading as a Western cultural warrior.
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