{"id":127055,"date":"2026-06-05T11:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=127055"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:09:13","slug":"starmer-calls-upon-musk-to-stop-interfering-in-uk-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/127055\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer calls upon Musk to stop interfering in UK affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LONDON(National Times)- Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday said Elon Musk should stop interfering in British politics, after the billionaire X owner posted on his platform about a murder that has triggered a public outcry and protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, 18-year-old Henry Nowak was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2004779\">handcuffed<\/a>&nbsp;by British police as he lay dying from stab wounds after his killer falsely alleged a racist attack. The killer, a Sikh man, was sentenced on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video footage released after the sentencing showed officers ignoring the pleas of a dying, innocent man and has sparked anger and a political storm about how police treat different ethnicities. Starmer has said police had serious questions to answer about their handling of the incident, but condemned a violent and disorderly protest that took place on Tuesday night and said it was \u201cunforgivable\u201d to exploit the death to stir tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMusk again has been interfering in our politics in the last few days, trying to whip up division. That is not who we are in Britain,\u201d Starmer told reporters. The exchange comes as Musk\u2019s SpaceX prepares to float what could be the most valuable initial public offering ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UK police accused of bias<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk had posted about the case on X, suggesting police are biased against white people, and reposting other users\u2019 critical comments about how the incident had been handled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe West has created an utterly evil state religion where an accusation of \u2018racism\u2019 is the gravest offense that can be committed, even worse than rape or murder!\u201d he posted on Wednesday. The police and government have rejected accusations of bias in policing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nowak\u2019s family, who met privately with Starmer on Thursday, called his treatment by police \u201cinhumane and degrading\u201d but said after the sentencing that his death should not be \u201cused to create further division, hatred or tension.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk has been critical of Starmer before, including in January 2025, accusing him of failing in his role as chief public prosecutor between 2008 and 2013 to prosecute gangs of men, mostly of a South Asian background, who sexually abused girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk company sued<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starmer has defended his work in that role. He has also backed a lawmaker in his Labour Party who is suing Musk\u2019s xAI after she said the Grok AI platform was used to create fake sexualised images of her. Starmer has previously criticised Grok over such images, prompting X to take steps to comply with UK law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A British lawmaker has filed a case at London\u2019s High Court against Elon Musk\u2019s xAI after its Grok chatbot tool was used to create fake sexualised images of her, including in a bikini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jess Asato, of the ruling Labour Party, said she lodged the \u201cHigh Court claim against xAI, the company behind Grok\u201d on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grok sparked a global outcry earlier this year for allowing users to create and share sexualised pictures of women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers said it had generated an estimated three million sexualised images in a matter of days. Asato said she was \u201cjust one of the thousands of women and even children who have been the victim of abusive and sexualised AI deepfakes\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON(National Times)- Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday said Elon Musk should stop interfering in British politics, after the billionaire X owner posted on his platform about a murder that has triggered a public outcry and protests. 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