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Pa Political Staff

PM rows with Musk amid calls for national grooming inquiry

The official account of Elon Musk on social media app X displaying a pinned post, a poll asking if ‘America should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government’, on a mobile phone in London (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Prime Minister remains embroiled in a row with billionaire Elon Musk over calls for a national investigation into child sexual abuse following his speech on Monday.

Responding to questions about a slew of social media posts from the Tesla and X owner, Sir Keir Starmer accused Mr Musk and others of “spreading lies and misinformation”, adding they were “not interested in victims, they are interested in themselves”.

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