Starmer accuses Elon Musk of inflaming tensions over police handling of murder case
Sir Keir Starmer has accused Elon Musk of attempting to "whip up division" in the UK regarding Henry Nowak’s murder and stated that Britain needs to "assert who we are" as "reasonable, tolerant people".
The billionaire X owner has made numerous posts on his platform about the police response to the stabbing of the teenager in Southampton last year, criticizing "how heinously Nowak was treated by the police in his dying moments".
Violent protests erupted near where the 18-year-old was murdered amid an outcry over his treatment, after his killer Vickrum Digwa claimed he had been the victim of a racial attack, while Mr. Nowak was handcuffed by police who ignored his pleas that he could not breathe as he lay dying.
The Prime Minister told reporters during a trip to York on Thursday: "We need to also assert who we are as a country, because Musk, 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.
"In Britain, we are reasonable, tolerant people.
"When we have a terrible case like Henry’s case, Henry Nowak, we react calmly, as his family have done."
Sir Keir said "there are questions that need to be answered" over the police response to the murder, and added that the Independent Office for Police Conduct should be given space to "get on with their job" in investigating the case.
"I think it’s right that there may need to be changes, and we shouldn’t shy away from that," the Labour leader said.
"But we really need to listen to Henry’s family, because they’re asking us, as politicians, as leaders, not to use his case to whip up division, not to cause disturbances. We have to listen to them.
"They’re grieving, they’ve lost their son, and so everything I’ve tried to do in relation to this case has been grounded in what they must be going through."
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