Sir Keir Starmer has begun this year in an explosive row with tech billionaire Elon Musk, which broke out after the Tesla boss criticised the government for rejecting a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal.
Over Christmas, he launched into a furious tirade on social media, sharing a flurry of posts accusing home office minister Jess Phillips of being a “rape genocide apologist” who “deserves to be in prison”. He has also claimed that the prime minister is complicit in the scandal and criticised his handling of it while he was director of public prosecutions.
