{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/67800451027583ffa629f6ec?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Elon Musk’s “outrageous” meddling in grooming gangs scandal","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1736442887803-608feaad-a9ab-4326-b228-917f2e2d7148.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Can Elon Musk reshape British democracy?</p><p><br></p><p>The X-owning billionaire has waded into one of the darkest scandals in recent British history: the horrific rape and abuse of thousands of girls across the UK by so-called “grooming gangs”.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Musk’s inflammatory posts on his social media platform, X, have prompted statements from Keir Starmer, questions from Kemi Badenoch in PMQs, and extensive coverage across the mainstream media.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>How should the UK government respond to a foreign billionaire with a platform that amplifies misinformation to hundreds of millions around the world?</p><p><br></p><p>Andrew Marr joins Hannah Barnes and Rachel Cunliffe on Politics from the New Statesman.</p><p><br></p><p>📚 READ: How does Keir Starmer solve a problem like Elon Musk? - Andrew Marr</p><p>https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/01/how-does-starmer-solve-a-problem-like-elon-musk</p><p><br></p><p>🙋‍♀️ ASK a question:&nbsp;</p><p>We answer listener questions every Friday. Submit your by commenting here, or at www.newstatesman.com/youaskus</p><p><br></p><p>💷 SAVE Become a New Statesman subscriber:</p><p>Get access to all our reporting at newstatesman.com and receive your copy of our weekly magazine. Podcast listeners can get the first two months for just £2 at https://www.newstatesman.com/save</p><p><br></p><p>📧 FREE get our daily politics email</p><p>https://morningcall.substack.com</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 LISTEN to the New Statesman podcast</p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@newstatesman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@newstatesman</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}