Great Britain: Abuse scandal: Musk rails against the British government

US tech billionaire Elon Musk (53) continues his attacks on the British government. The adviser to future US President Donald Trump accused London of not doing enough to investigate previous abuse scandals. He shared a post on his platform X calling for King Charles III to be removed. should dissolve parliament. However, according to an expert, this is unrealistic.

“There is absolutely no chance that the king will dissolve parliament in order to trigger a general election,” said constitutional lawyer Craig Prescott from London’s Royal Holloway University when asked by the German Press Agency. The king could only dissolve parliament at the request of the prime minister.

Musk blames the Prime Minister

Musk had accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of having remained inactive as the former head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the fight against criminal rings of abusers, most of which consisted of perpetrators with Pakistani roots.

It’s about one of the biggest abuse scandals in British history. Minors had been sexually abused in an organized manner for years. However, Starmer, who headed the CPS between 2008 and 2013, said he only got the prosecution of the most high-profile case in Rochdale rolling.

How London reacts to the criticism

British Secretary of State Andrew Gwynne told broadcaster LBC: “Elon Musk is an American citizen and should perhaps focus on issues on the other side of the Atlantic.” It is a very serious topic and there have already been several studies on it.

Musk also wrote on X that Secretary of State Jess Phillips “belongs in prison.” She had spoken out against cases in Oldham near Manchester being investigated by a separate commission. The government would support Oldham with an on-site investigation, said Health Minister Wes Streeting, according to the British news agency PA.

Musk recently also railed against Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), whom he called a “fool”. He also described Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier as a “tyrant”. On his X account, Musk also supported the imprisoned British right-wing extremist Tommy Robinson and supported the British right-wing populist Nigel Farage.