SUMMARY
Nigel Farage has defended Elon Musk after the billionaire criticized the UK government’s handling of grooming gangs and child sexual exploitation cases on X, the platform Musk owns. Musk accused Sir Keir Starmer of failing to prosecute grooming gangs during his tenure as Director of Public Prosecutions and called Home Office minister Jess Phillips a “rape genocide apologist.” Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg, Farage acknowledged Musk's “very tough terms” but praised X as a platform for free speech under Musk’s ownership. Farage supported calls for a national inquiry into child exploitation, echoing Musk’s criticisms of government inaction. Musk’s comments followed the government’s decision to reject a public inquiry into historic abuse in Oldham, deferring to a local investigation instead. Farage emphasized public anger over the issue, questioning why “endemic institutional failure” was covered up for years.
