Elon Musk calls on King Charles to call for new general elections – as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer over ‘grooming gangs’ investigation

Elon Musk opened a new front in his war with Labor overnight when he backed a foolish call for King Charles to dissolve parliament and call a new general election.

Billionaire X’s owner and Donald Trump’s adviser shared a message demanding the monarch intervene as he clashes with the government over grooming gangs.

He has hit out at the government’s refusal to back an investigation into gangs of British Asian men targeting teenage girls in Oldham, Greater Manchester.

Musk, who last week praised Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, is lining up alongside senior reformist politicians from the United Kingdom and the Conservatives, who are demanding a new investigation.

In his latest attacks on Sir Keir Starmer, Musk shared a message asking whether Charles should “dissolve parliament and call a general election… in the interests and security” of Britain.

Mr. Musk retweeted the X-thread with a one-word comment: “Yes.”

But his continued interest in British politics was criticized this morning by a Labor minister.

Asked about the Tesla owner’s criticism, Health Minister Andrew Gwynne told LBC: ‘Elon Musk is a US citizen and perhaps should focus on issues on the other side of the Atlantic.

He added: “But look, the issue of grooming is a very serious issue. We have already had investigations into Telford, into Rotherham, we have had a local investigation commissioned by Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, into the situation here in Greater Manchester, which includes Oldham.

“We’ve had the national inquiry into child sexual exploitation in 2022, which the government is seriously considering, and a long list of recommendations have been made.

“There comes a point where we don’t need any more investigations, and if Elon Musk had really paid attention to what’s going on in this country, he might have recognized that there have already been investigations.

“What we need is justice for the victims, and we must ensure that the criminal justice system follows through and ensures that these horrific things can never happen again.”

If the king were to undemocratically dissolve parliament on his own accord, six months after voters had gone to the polls, it would trigger an immediate constitutional crisis in Britain.

In his Christmas address to the nation, the monarch praised the “diversity of culture, ethnicity and faith” as providing “strength, not weakness.”

Mr. Musk continued to wade into the gang debate overnight, hours after posting that Security Minister Jess Phillips “deserves to be in jail” after she rejected requests to the Home Office on Thursday to investigate. ​to lead public inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Oldham.

He also suggested the Prime Minister had failed to bring “rape gangs” to justice when he was director of public prosecutions.

Mr Musk reposted an article in The Daily Telegraph by shadow secretary Robert Jenrick, saying the ‘grooming gangs’ should be rebranded as ‘torture rape gangs’.

He wrote that Musk’s comments had “shamed the establishment by showing more interest in bringing these rape gangs to justice in one evening than most of the British establishment has done in decades.”

Mr Musk continued his criticism in a post alongside images from The Times’ chief investigative reporter Andrew Norfolk, detailing the scale of the case and the mistreatment by police, calling it “state-sponsored evil”.

Mr Norfolk exposed the sexual exploitation of children in Rotherham in the British press in 2011.

In another response to the same post, Musk described the scandal and the child molesters involved as “completely shameful.”

The Tesla owner also called out a post asking why people were angrier about his comments than about the “mass rape” of children as the “perfect question.”

Meanwhile, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said a full national inquiry into organized “grooming gangs” is long overdue.

Ms Phillips said she recognized the “strength of feeling” for a Home Office-led investigation into Oldham, but told the council the Government would not “intervene”.

“I believe that it is solely for Oldham Council to decide whether to conduct a local investigation into the sexual exploitation of children, rather than for the Government to intervene,” she said.

In response, Musk, a key member of newly-elected US President Donald Trump’s inner circle, said: “She deserves to be in jail.”

He also seemed to blame the Prime Minister.

Musk said: ‘In Britain, serious crimes such as rape require the approval of the Crown Prosecution Service before police can charge suspects.

‘Who was the head of the CPS when rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without justice? Keir Starmer, 2008-2013.’

In a series of posts on his social media site, Musk described the prime minister as “two-tiered keir,” claiming there is “no justice for serious, violent crimes, but a prison for social media posts.”

Musk also expressed his support for activist Tommy Robinson – real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – who was jailed for 18 months in October for contempt of court.

Senior Tories also tried to put pressure on the government over gang formation.

Ms Badenoch said: “A full national inquiry into the rape gang scandal is long overdue.

“There have been lawsuits across the country in recent years, but no one in authority has joined the points.

‘2025 must be the year in which the victims will receive justice.’

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp and Shadow Protection Secretary Alicia Kearns urged a statutory inquiry into Oldham.

They said only a public inquiry can “adequately encompass the national nature of these crimes and issues” and consider whether reports have been ignored “or even covered up” by the police, the CPS and the council.

In 2022, the then Conservative government also refused a request for a public inquiry into the events in Oldham.

A spokesperson for Oldham Council said: ‘Survivors are at the heart of our work to end the sexual exploitation of children.

“Whatever happens in terms of future investigations, we have promised them that their wishes will come first, and we will not break that promise.”

Responding to Ms Badenoch’s post, Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s reform body, said: ‘Talking is cheap. The Conservatives had fourteen years to investigate.

“The establishment has failed the victims of gangs on every level.”

Musk, who is rumored to be considering a major donation to Farage’s party, replied: ‘Exactly. Time for reforms.’

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse, which published its final report in 2022, described child sexual abuse as an “epidemic that leaves tens of thousands of victims in its toxic wake.”

Led by Professor Alexis Jay, the study looked at abuse by organized groups following multiple convictions for sex crimes against children in the UK between 2010 and 2014, including in Rotherham, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Rochdale and Bristol.

In November last year, Professor Jay said she felt ‘frustrated’ that none of the inquiry’s 20 recommendations had been implemented more than two years after its conclusion.