Starmer Hits Back At Musk
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Without naming him directly, Keir Starmer has denounced Elon Musk for spreading falsehoods about the child sex abuse scandal. Has the PM changed his strategy for dealing with the billionaire?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Hadley Freeman and Lara Spirit.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is Hugo Rifkin, and now it's time to unpack the politics of the day |
| 0:08.9 | with two Times journalists desperately hitting refresh on X to see what Elon Musk has done now. |
| 0:14.3 | And they are the Sunday Times columnist Hadley Freeman. Hello Hadley. |
| 0:17.8 | Hi, Hugo. Good to have you. Happy New Year. |
| 0:20.6 | Happy New Year. Happy New Year. |
| 0:21.7 | And I'm also joined by The Times Politics Newsletter editor. |
| 0:24.9 | She's got the longest job title in journalism. |
| 0:26.4 | It's Laura Spirit. |
| 0:27.2 | Hello, Laura. |
| 0:27.8 | Hello, Hugo. |
| 0:28.6 | How are you? |
| 0:29.3 | I'm good. |
| 0:29.7 | Happy New Year to you, too. |
| 0:30.7 | Happy New Year. |
| 0:31.5 | Good to have you both. inevitably about Elon Musk and Kirstama and so on. |
| 0:39.0 | So far today, Sir Kirstama had avoided responding to Elon Musk's many, many criticisms. |
| 0:44.3 | But in a speech this morning, he had this to say. |
| 0:46.9 | Those that are spreading lies and misinformation, as far and as wide as possible, |
| 0:53.6 | they're not interested in victims. They're interested in themselves. |
| 0:59.7 | Those were cheerleading, Tommy Robinson, not interested in justice. They're supporting a man |
| 1:06.2 | who went to prison for nearly collapsing a grooming case, a gang grooming case. |
| 1:13.8 | These are people are trying to get some kind of vicarious thrill from street violence that people like Tommy Robinson promote. |
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