Starmer’s speech was supposed to be all about his plans to cut NHS waiting lists. Instead the Prime Minister was forced to defend himself after a week of increasingly rabid online attacks by Elon Musk.
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Sir Keir Starmer hit back, saying those spreading "lies and misinformation" are only interested in themselves, not the victims.
He also accused the Conservatives of jumping on a "far right" bandwagon in calling for a new public inquiry into grooming gangs. But it hasn't stopped the onslaught.
The world's richest man responded by branding him "utterly despicable".
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