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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTommy Robinson speaks at a demonstration in London, England, April 23, 2024 \u00a9 Getty Images \/ Peter Nicholls<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk has called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a controversial British right-wing activist jailed in October for airing a documentary containing libelous claims about a Syrian refugee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for claiming in a documentary that a Syrian teenager who was attacked at a Yorkshire secondary school in 2018 had a lengthy record of attacking female students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201dFree Tommy Robinson!\u201d<\/em> Musk declared in a post on X on Thursday, before posting a link to the libellous documentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Robinson is an ardent critic of mass immigration and Islam, and was one of the leading voices on the right condemning the \u2018grooming gangs\u2019 scandal, in which groups of Asian men raped and tortured thousands of underage girls in towns across northern England over the last two decades. Almost all of the perpetrators were Pakistani men, and the victims white British girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Successive British governments have declined to investigate the scandal, while the police mishandled cases, arrested victims and covered up<\/a> the existence of the gangs, official inquiries later found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a slew of posts on Thursday and Friday, Musk drew attention to some of the most egregious cases of police mishandling of the scandal, including one incident<\/a> in Rotherham where officers arrested a father who attempted to rescue his daughter from a house where she was being raped, and another where they arrested<\/a> a rape victim without questioning the alleged perpetrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The scandal was a case of \u201cstate-sponsored evil,\u201d<\/em> Musk wrote in one post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Musk shared posts condemning Lord Ahmed, the Muslim mayor of Rotherham who was later found to have sexually assaulted two children, and Prime MInister Keir Starmer, who led the Crown Prosecutorial Service between 2008 and 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn the UK, serious crimes such as rape require the Crown Prosecution Service\u2019s approval for the police to charge suspects,\u201d<\/em> the billionaire wrote. \u201cWho was the head of the CPS when rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without facing justice? Keir Starmer, 2008 -2013.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cStarmer was complicit in the RAPE OF BRITAIN,\u201d<\/em> he continued in another post, adding that the prime minister \u201cmust go and he must face charges for his complicity in the worst mass crime in the history of Britain.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Musk also shared a poll showing widespread discontent with Starmer\u2019s government, declaring that \u201ca new election should be called in Britain.\u201d<\/em> The Tesla tycoon \u2013 who has previously clashed with Starmer over the PM\u2019s crackdown on online dissent following a spate of riots this summer \u2013 described Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform UK party as \u201cthe only way to save\u201d<\/em> the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Musk earlier met with Farage at US President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, with some media outlets claiming he had pledged as much as $100 million in support for the British party. Musk, however, denied the reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elon Musk calls for release of British right-wing activist Tommy Robinson should be freed while Keir Starmer should face charges for his mishandling of a mass-rape scandal, the billionaire has declared Tommy Robinson speaks at a demonstration in London, England, … Continue reading