Elite Theory and the Grooming Gangs

The House of Commons voted down a renewed inquiry into the “grooming gangs” scandal in the United Kingdom by a vote of 364 to 111. The Labour Party closed ranks with not a single defector. The Conservatives accused Labour of “cowardice,” but Prime Minister Keir Starmer shot back that the Tories had done little on the issue when they were in power. The Tories are now in third place in the polls, with Nigel Farage’s Reform Party tying the governing Labour Party at 25 percent. If there was a general election today, the Labour Party would almost certainly lose its government, not just its supermajority. It is one of the largest polling collapses in British political history.

All of this was essentially driven by Elon Musk, who began posting about the issue last week. It looks suspiciously like a pivot — a way for the self-proclaimed “TechnoKing” to reclaim his crown on the populist Right after his disastrous foray into the H-1B visa debate. Given Mr. Musk’s idiosyncrasies, it is possible that he noticed the issue for the first time and decided to post about it. However, if we assume the world’s wealthiest man is capable of some political strategy, we are obviously being used. At the same time, the Right is also using him.

If protecting children makes one a fascist, then so be it https://t.co/Y33OmOZ7hM

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2025

It is encouraging that Mr. Musk feels he must appeal to the populist Right. After all, he is picking some powerful enemies, with not just the British political establishment but the entire European Union lining up against him. Assuming he is driven only by self-interest, he is still taking a significant risk.

Spain and France have now joined Britain and Germany in asking the European Commission to open an investigation into Elon Musk under EU’s DSA, openly (and rightfully might I add) accusing him of spreading misinformation and interfering in European politics. pic.twitter.com/1sOIEkAoHx

— Daractenus (@Daractenus) January 8, 2025

According to BBC Newsnight, Britain’s socialist government are considering ending their security partnership with the U.S. unless Donald Trump distances himself from Elon Musk’s views on grooming gangs.pic.twitter.com/024Qbg1iaH

— Ben Kew (@ben_kew) January 7, 2025

Some in the British political class are accusing him of inciting possible violence against Jess Phillips, parliamentary undersecretary of state for safeguarding and violence against women.

? NEW: Jess Phillips says Elon Musk calling her a ‘rape genocide apologist’ has turned her world ‘upside down’ pic.twitter.com/tOiLKYHNgU

— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) January 7, 2025

Starmer makes direct attack on Musk’s support for Tommy Robinson. And he says Jess Phillips has done “a thousand times more” to protect victims of abuse than her critics, including Musk pic.twitter.com/AxTCQjieC2

— Robert Peston (@Peston) January 6, 2025

Not what Starmer said at all. He said Musk & co “amplifying what the far right is saying.” Which is true. https://t.co/GIKzcuS4Rq

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) January 6, 2025

Elon Musk needs to be stopped.

After he fanned the flames of racial division in the UK last summer, I warned that he was one of the most dangerous men on the planet.

Armed with billions and driven by hatred, it is time we confront Musk’s hateful rhetoric, not pander to it. pic.twitter.com/7WhovmjcwQ

— Humza Yousaf (@HumzaYousaf) January 9, 2025

JUST IN – European Union will reportedly deploy up to 150 bureaucrats to monitor whether Elon Musk’s live talk with German AfD leader Alice Weidel today complies with EU rules. pic.twitter.com/s9ESQv8JfO

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 9, 2025

Violence against political leaders is deplorable, but the British establishment seemed fairly indifferent when a Somali-descended Muslim murdered MP David Amess in 2021. “UK Muslim groups brace for rise in hate crime after killing of David Amess,” said The Guardian at the time. There has been little soul-searching in the British government, despite the murder of an MP by a man who was already known to the security services and a resulting lawsuit by the victim’s daughter. The murderer explicitly said he assassinated Mr. Amess on behalf of Islam, though he insisted he is only a “moderate Muslim.”

Labour’s militancy on the grooming-gang issue is astonishing. Aside from the unanimity of their response, they even chanted “shame” when an MP said it was not “far-right” to stand up for victims of “mass rape.”

? NEW: Labour MPs shout ‘shame’ at Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp as he says “it is not far-right to stand up for victims of mass rape” pic.twitter.com/pVQ8xwqUku

— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) January 6, 2025

Keir Starmer himself tried to dismiss the entire controversy as “far-right.” “When the poison of the far-right leads to serious threats to Jess Phillips and others, then in my book, a line has been crossed,” he said. “I enjoy the cut and thrust of politics, the robust debate that we must have, but that’s got to be based on facts and truth, not on lies.” He also implicitly accused Elon Musk of getting “some vicarious thrill from street violence” because Mr. Musk has called for freedom for Tommy Robinson. However, the Prime Minister is vulnerable. He was director of public prosecutions from 2008–2013 and allegedly did not do enough to prosecute the offenders and stop the ongoing abuse.

Starmer was complicit in the RAPE OF BRITAIN when he was head of Crown Prosecution for 6 years.

Starmer must go and he must face charges for his complicity in the worst mass crime in the history of Britain.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 3, 2025

The complicity of specific people is still up for debate — after all, that is why there is supposed to be an inquiry. However, it seems clear that the British state, if not totally complicit, tried to muzzle the issue to preserve the image of a successful multicultural and multiracial society.

The Telegraph says:

Denial about the extent of the problem is rooted deep in Britain’s political system. At times, it appears that the government’s approach to multiculturalism is not to uphold the law, but instead to minimise the risk of unrest between communities. Confronted with gangs of predominantly Pakistani men targeting predominantly white children, the state knew exactly what to do. For the good of community relations, it had to bury the story.

In Rotherham, a senior police officer told a distressed father that the town “would erupt” if the routine abuse of white children by Pakistani heritage men became public knowledge. One parent concerned about a missing daughter was told by the police that an “older Asian boyfriend” was a “fashion accessory” for girls in the town. The father of a 15-year-old rape victim was told the assault might mean she would “learn her lesson”.

The ordeal had been so brutal that she required surgery.

As the 2014 Jay Inquiry into Rotherham found, children were “doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight”, “threatened with guns”, “witnessed brutally violent rapes and were threatened that they would be the next victim if they told anyone. Girls as young as 11 were raped by large numbers of male perpetrators, one after the other”.

In the same town, a senior police officer allegedly said the abuse had been “going on” for 30 years, adding “with it being Asians, we can’t afford for this to be coming out.”

Two major trends are colliding. First, the postwar national mythology that holds white “racism” is a unique moral evil is being taken to its logical conclusion. It might be a bit much to say that the British state wants white girls to be raped or abused. However, it is reasonable to say that those in power in the United Kingdom clearly see racial tensions, and especially white reaction, as a far greater evil. Keir Starmer’s extraordinary ruthlessness in suppressing an outbreak of white working-class violence earlier this year is proof of that. Indeed, that was what seemingly first drew Mr. Musk’s attention to the United Kingdom.

This is not simply political cowardice but a deeply ingrained moral belief that is utterly foundational to the Western political order, as outlined in books from R.R. Reno’s Return of the Strong Gods to Dr. Paul Gottfried’s The Antifascist State. A crime against a white girl is simply a crime — something random, regrettable, and managed with more resources, empathy, and education. A backlash against Muslims is a political threat to the egalitarian premises of the state, which is why speech that could prompt such a reaction is punished more harshly than actual sexual assault. If there is a culture of abuse in certain Muslim communities within Britain, the attitude of elites is to ignore it rather than inflaming tensions. It is critical to understand that the people doing this believe they are moral and righteous to do so.

A Labour Member of Parliament reacts after hearing a number of tough questions by Reform’s @RupertLowe10 about what the government will do about the rape gang scandal.

”I don’t like the language” pic.twitter.com/AIo36H5e9F

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 8, 2025

The second thing that is occurring is the sudden support of actual elites for accountability. The grooming-gangs scandal is nothing new; figures such as Nick Griffin and others on the “far right” were talking about it decades ago. However, precisely because of the source, those claims were dismissed at worst or mostly ignored at best by those with real power. It is news now simply because Elon Musk decided to make it news — and he probably decided to make it news for his own ends.

That does not mean he is wrong on the issue. Moreover, it also means that had the “far right” alone spoken out on this, no one important in 2025 would care about it. Policy, public opinion, and the news cycle are dictated from the top down. Elon Musk is probably the most powerful figure in the world when it comes to determining tomorrow’s headlines, which is why democratic leaders regard him as such a threat.

Credit Image: © Allison Robbert – Pool Via Cnp/CNP via ZUMA Press Wire

I have long believed that “those who know, can’t, and those who can, don’t know.” People who understand race realism, long-term demographic consequences, and white identity are essentially prevented from gaining any position of influence. Political leaders who could stop “preventable evils” are ignorant (at best), because that is what the system selects for. Yet what is the system? The system is fundamentally the media apparatus that determines which issues are “legitimate” for discussion in polite company and which must be relegated to the fringe.

We have seen both ways this works in recent weeks. Elon Musk pledged to go to “war” with opponents of H-1B visas, allowed tweets that revealed Nick Fuentes’s home address to remain posted (arguably leading to an attempt on his life), banned many of Mr. Fuentes’s supporters from X, and called for a race-blind meritocracy. Just a few days later, he began rallying people to defend European identity and using the “grooming gangs” issue to mobilize against the Labour government. Pleas for logical consistency are largely pointless, because the man with the gold makes the rules, and we are still in a far better position now than we were just a few years ago because of Mr. Musk’s actions. Yet we should not kid ourselves that we are “redpilling” elites. We are simply a force that they can use.

This is a good thing. Politics is a long game, and it is rare that a true believer labors in the wilderness for decades only to seize power at a given time and deliver total victory. In just the last few years, we have seen some of the key assumptions of the liberal order come under attack, notably the contention that all people will naturally assimilate to Western norms. Western democracies have responded with force and censorship, because their leaders no longer have confidence in their own ideas. After a catastrophic end to his first term, Donald Trump stormed back and easily won the recent presidential election, despite hysterical warnings from the political establishment that he was a “fascist.” All this suggests the system’s grip is weakening and our opportunities are growing.

However, we will not simply be given power. In the political sphere, white identitarians will need to begin actually winning office for us to be taken seriously. In media and journalism, original reporting is proving to have a bigger impact than even the most insightful commentary, precisely because elites can use it as a weapon in their own competition. We should not be naïve and expect that leaders like Mr. Musk or President Trump are secretly “on our side,” but we can build enough political power that we are a force they feel they must cater to. That alone is a far better position than anything we have seen since the end of the Cold War. It is also the first step to building up elites of our own who can forthrightly take our own side.