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How Elon Musk put a decades-old UK sex abuse scandal back on agenda

In a series of vitriolic posts, the tech mogul has falsely accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other Labour MPs of enabling Britain’s grooming gangs, a decade-old scandal involving a series of child sex abuse cases.

  • Rob Harris

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British Prime Minister Liz Truss.

Liz Truss threatens Keir Starmer with legal action over claims she ‘crashed the economy’

The letter states that the request “is made in the context of the basic levels of civility which is due between senior politicians”.

  • Rob Harris
Elon Musk and Nigel Farage.

Elon Musk turns on Nigel Farage, calls on him to quit as Reform party leader

Musk has repeatedly posted on X about UK politics since Labour was elected in July. Now the billionaire thinks Nigel Farage should step down.

  • Rob Harris
Nick Candy, Elon Musk and Nigel Farage at Mar-a-Lago after their meeting.

Musk ready to offer up to $158m to help Nigel Farage become a political force in Britain

Nigel Farage has acknowledged rumours that the tech billionaire is considering a multimillion-pound donation to his populist Reform UK party.

  • Tony Diver
Keir Starmer says he has argued that he had “inherited a lot of problems” from the previous government.

Two million Brits already want another election. Even the PM says he’s not surprised

Keir Starmer, who won July’s general election in a landslide, has suffered the biggest fall in approval ratings of any prime minister in the modern era.

  • Rob Harris
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When honesty is the blast policy

And baseball is a series of parochial events.

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Kemi Badenoch speaks after being elected as the new leader of the opposition Conservative Party.

Tories install Kemi Badenoch as first black leader of Conservatives

Kemi Badenoch will become the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, vowing to return the once dominant party to its founding principles to win back voters who handed the Conservatives their worst election defeat in July.

  • Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill
Members of the House of Lords in July.

British MPs vote to abolish ‘indefensible’ hereditary rights in the House of Lords

The Labour Party government says the decision will complete a long-stalled reform of parliament’s upper chamber and remove an “outdated and indefensible” relic.

  • Jill Lawless
“Look at what he actually does”: former British PM Liz Truss backed Donald Trump despite his ambivalence toward dictators.

Tony Abbott and Liz Truss team up to fight ‘net zero mind virus’

The two former prime ministers, both drummed out of office by their peers, found they had much to agree on – including their relatively short tenures in the top job.

  • Michael Koziol
Keir Starmer and Anthony Albanese chat during the Australian prime minister’s visit to London in May 2023.

‘Freebies’ scandal forces UK PM Starmer to scrap Australia visit

Work was under way in Canberra to host newly elected UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer following the Commonwealth Heads of Government in Samoa in two weeks’ time.

  • Rob Harris

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