{"id":2387093,"date":"2025-01-06T17:42:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T22:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-pm-starmer-defends-against-musk-barrage-lies-and-misinformation-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T17:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T22:43:31","slug":"british-pm-starmer-defends-against-musk-barrage-lies-and-misinformation-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-pm-starmer-defends-against-musk-barrage-lies-and-misinformation-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"British PM Starmer defends against Musk barrage: &#8216;Lies and misinformation&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbritish-pm-starmer-defends-against-musk-barrage-lies-and-misinformation-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2387093&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>UK Prime\u200c minister Keir Starmer has \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-greta-thunberg-worked-with-a-fellow-activist-to-support-unrest-in-india\/\" title=\"How Greta Thunberg Worked With A Fellow Activist To Support Unrest In India\">responded forcefully<\/a> to recent\u200d criticisms from \u2062Elon Musk, particularly regarding\u2062 unfounded claims about his leadership.starmer \u200dlabeled Musk&#8217;s comments as \u2064&#8221;lies and misinformation,&#8221; defending \u2063his integrity and \u200dthe government&#8217;s direction. this confrontation \u2062highlights the growing tension\u200c between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-who-trash-their-family-in-public-cant-be-trusted\/\" title=\"Don&#039;t trust those who publicly criticize their own family.\">political\u200c figures<\/a> and influential tech \u200cleaders, as Starmer seeks\u2063 to counter Musk&#8217;s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">significant social media\u200c influence<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">UK Prime Minister Starmer defends against Musk barrage: &lsquo;Lies and misinformation&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1929304\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>British Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keir-starmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Keir Starmer<\/a> blasted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-kyle-rittenhouse-to-sue-lebron-james-for-defamation\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Kyle Rittenhouse to Sue LeBron James for Defamation\">social media attacks<\/a> against him, especially over allegations that the United Kingdom was too lenient on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/1089377\/the-pieties-of-wokeness-made-the-grooming-gangs-scandal-possible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> &ldquo;grooming gangs.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Musk put up numerous anti-Starmer posts on his social media platform X in front of his 200 million-plus followers, with a recent one asking if &ldquo;America should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The tech billionaire had tremendous sway in the United States&rsquo;s presidential election, backing President-elect Donald Trump en route to his White House win. Since then, Musk has backed right-wing European figures such as English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson and Alternative for Germany leader Alice Weidel.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s wade into foreign politics has earned him condemnation from the likes of Starmer, liberal German leaders, and other European politicians. When asked about Musk&rsquo;s comments, Starmer criticized &ldquo;those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible,&rdquo; pointing out Conservatives in his country for echoing some of Musk&rsquo;s claims.<\/p>\n<p>The tech magnate has centered his criticism on cases of groups of male Pakistani immigrants in the country having sexually abused and groomed girls in northern England towns over a decade ago. Musk has used the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1876248727956111799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cases<\/a> to link child abuse to immigration, something right-wing activists in the country have done as well.<\/p>\n<p>Musk also attacked Labour MP Jess Phillips, who is a member of Starmer&rsquo;s Cabinet responsible for defending women and girls against sexual violence among other things. He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1875145167633887358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">called<\/a> her a &ldquo;rape genocide apologist,&rdquo; drawing condemnation from Starmer and other U.K. politicians.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When the poison of the far-right leads to serious threats to Jess Phillips and others, then in my book, a line has been crossed,&rdquo; Starmer said. &ldquo;I enjoy the cut and thrust of politics, the robust debate that we must have, but that&rsquo;s got to be based on facts and truth, not on lies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jan-6-committee-requests-records-from-dozens-trump-white-house-right-wing-journalist-meme-creator\/\" title=\"Jan. 6 Committee Requests Records From Dozens: Trump White House, Right-Wing Journalist, Meme-Creator\">-wing figures<\/a> in England back an inquiry into the &ldquo;grooming gangs&rdquo; that have been placed at the forefront of the country&rsquo;s politics. Starmer suggested whoever backed such an inquiry is &ldquo;jumping on a bandwagon of the far-right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When politicians &ndash; and I mean politicians &ndash; who sat in government for many years are casual about honesty, decency, truth, and the rule of law, calling for inquiries because they want to jump on a bandwagon of the far-right, then that affects politics because a robust debate can only be based on the true facts,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is actually an important point about our politics, not about what anybody may or may not say on Twitter,&rdquo; Starmer added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1929304\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1929304\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK PM Starmer rebuts Musk&#8217;s claims: &#8216;Lies and misinformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2387094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Starmer-musk.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7380,4250,5894,34755],"class_list":["post-2387093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-misinformation","tag-musk","tag-politics","tag-starmer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Starmer-musk.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387093"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387101,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387093\/revisions\/2387101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}