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Daily NewsThe prime minister has mentioned Elon Musk’s criticism of the policing at a disturbance in Birmingham this week was “dangerous”.
The proprietor of X (previously Twitter) claimed the pressure was responsible of “two-tier policing”.
Musk reacted to a video displaying crowds of primarily Muslim males exterior a Yardley pub the place dysfunction occurred on Monday, and tagged Sir Keir Starmer in a submit questioning why all communities “weren’t protected” in Britain.
On a go to to Solihull on Thursday, the prime minister mentioned speak of two-tier policing was improper and harmful, as a result of it uncovered police to “more danger”.
Sir Keir was within the city to reassure group leaders within the wake of current unrest and protests.
His go to got here after police have been known as on the weekend to disperse a big gathering, involving two teams at The Hub, a mosque on Hermitage Road.
That gathering adopted an anti-immigration protest in Solihull.
West Midlands Police has mentioned two-tier policing doesn’t exist within the area. The pressure acknowledged it could “police without fear or favour”.
Asked by the Daily News if he had any ideas over feedback by Musk, the prime minister mentioned “we should be thanking our police for what they’re doing”.
“They’ve got a most difficult task with lots of areas of disorder that they have been dealing with,” Sir Keir mentioned.
“Talk of two-tier policing is wrong, it’s not true and it’s dangerous, because it exposes the police to even more danger than they’re already exposed to,” he added.
Sir Keir mentioned the UK didn’t see the dysfunction that many feared on Wednesday evening, as a result of “we had police deployed, in numbers, in the right places”.
He mentioned that jail sentences handed all the way down to these concerned in violent dysfunction despatched a “powerful message” that the felony justice system is working speedily.
He additionally mentioned that the work “being done jointly to reassure our communities” is changing into more practical.
Referencing his go to to Solihull, Sir Keir mentioned it was essential to have the ability to give reassurance to communities, “many of whom, I have been talking to some this morning, are very anxious about the situation”.
Simon Foster, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), mentioned the prime minister’s go to “shows just how seriously” the federal government was treating current dysfunction and violence.
The Labour PCC mentioned he had raised issues in the course of the assembly with Sir Keir about how rapidly hate and misinformation can unfold on social media.
“I made my message very clear that we must not allow social media companies to get away with enabling hateful online content that can do so much harm and damage.”
