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Just 12% of Brits think Elon Musk is having a positive impact through his interventions on British politics, according to a new poll.
The world’s richest man has used his social media site he conspiratorially claims that they are somehow complicit in the grooming gang scandal.
After Sir Keir condemned the billionaire’s “lies and misinformation” and his attacks on welfare minister Jess Phillips, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper this week announced new law recommended by the inquiry independent report on child sexual abuse, and promised that further action would follow.
But Mr Musk – who is set to play a major role in Donald Trump’s new US administration – continues to call for a national inquiry, a move which has now been backed by the Conservative Party and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, while that Downing Street is rather in favor of a national inquiry. surveys carried out locally.
As claimed surface As the billionaire sought advice on how to try to oust Sir Keir from Downing Street before the next general election, a new poll reveals the majority of British voters view his interventions as unnecessary.
Some 53 per cent of more than 2,000 people surveyed by Opinium believe Mr Musk had a negative impact on British politics, compared to just 12 per cent who thought he had a positive influence.
Regarding his comments about grooming gangs in particular, 47 percent said they thought Mr. Musk was “useless,” compared to just 26 percent who thought the opposite.
And in a boost to Nigel Farage, who is expected to meet Mr Musk at Mr Trump’s inauguration after the billionaire said he should be replaced as leader of Britain’s Reform Party, Opinium found that 71 per cent of party voters think the Clacton MP is the best leader. they might have it now.
Opinium’s director of political research, Adam Drummond, said the “lack of enthusiasm over a foreign billionaire getting involved in British politics” was “a point of agreement” among the public .
However, the Opinium poll found that public opinion was divided on the question of holding another national inquiry into grooming gangs, with 36 per cent supporting such an inquiry.
Around 28 per cent think local councils should instead carry out their own investigations, while the government focuses on implementing the recommendations of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse whose report was published in 2022.
Mr Drummond said: “If you ask voters ‘should there be an investigation into an important issue’, the answer will be ‘yes’.
“A survey gives the impression of doing something to solve the problem and doesn’t really take into account opportunity costs. It is therefore not surprising that the figures are more nuanced when we offer people concrete courses of action.”
But there has also been widespread disapproval of how the two major parties have handled the issue, according to the poll taken between Wednesday and Friday.
Approval of the Labor government’s handling of the issue was a net -17 per cent, but approval of the previous Conservative government’s approach was even lower, at -27 per cent. The Conservatives’ current approach has also received little support, with a net approval rating of -11 percent.
Professor Alexis Jay, who chaired the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, condemned the recent “politicisation” of the issue, urging the government to act to “fully implement” the reforms set out in its report. 2022.
Professor Jay’s report looked into abuse committed by organized groups following multiple convictions for sexual offenses against children across the UK between 2010 and 2014, including in Rotherham, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Rochdale in Greater Manchester and Bristol.
Additional reporting by PA
