A British minister who Elon Musk has described as a "rape genocide apologist" said on Tuesday the U.S. billionaire knew "absolutely nothing" about the child sexual abuse scandals he has recently been commenting on. Musk, an ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, has spent days posting messages on his social media site X accusing Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failing to prosecute gangs of men who raped young girls when Starmer was director of public prosecutions between 2008 and 2013. Musk has also attacked Starmer's safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, describing her as a "rape genocide apologist" who should be in jail. Phillips has spent much of her career working with victims of domestic violence, sexual violence and human trafficking. Musk and opposition politicians have called for a new national inquiry into the scandals after Phillips told the council of a town where sex abuse cases were reported that it should hold its own investigation. Speaking to broadcaster ITV, Phillips said Musk's comments, which she described as "ridiculous," turned her "world upside down." Responding to Starmer's criticism, Musk said on X the prime minister was "deeply complicit in the mass rapes in exchange for votes", adding: "That's what the inquiry would show."