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Jess Phillips speaks to BBC Newsnight in the wake of Elon Musk’s tweets on grooming gangs<\/figcaption><\/p>\n
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Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has told BBC’s Newsnight that “disinformation” spread by Elon Musk was “endangering” her but that it was “nothing” compared to the experiences of victims of abuse.<\/p>\n

The tech billionaire and adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump labelled Phillips a “rape genocide apologist” and said she should be jailed. <\/p>\n

Asked if the threat to her own safety had gone up since his social media posts and whether protections were in place for her safety, Phillips replied “yes”.<\/p>\n

She said the experience had been “very, very, very tiring” but that she was “resigned to the lot in life that you get as a woman who fights violence against women and girls”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She added: “I’m no stranger to people who don’t know what they’re talking about trying to silence women like me.”<\/p>\n

Musk’s intervention came in response to Phillips rejecting a request for the government to lead a public inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Oldham – which sparked calls from the Conservatives and Reform UK for a national inquiry into grooming gangs.<\/p>\n

Her decision was taken in October but first reported by GB News at the start of the year and then picked up by Musk on his social media platform X. <\/p>\n

Phillips defended the government’s decision not to hold a national inquiry, arguing that local inquiries, such as one held in Telford<\/a>, were more effective at leading to change. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n