REGISTER: Q&A Today on the UK ‘Rape Gangs’ Scandal and Elon Musk's Dangerous Misinformation

In a live Town Hall with subscribers, ex-UK prosecutor Nazir Afzal will debunk Musk’s claims and take questions on child grooming, and the role of race and religion in this latest political debate.

In case you missed it, we’re having our first Town Hall Q&A of the year TODAY at 4pm ET (1pm PST and 9pm GMT) on the big child sexual abuse scandal rocking the UK. The link to register is at the bottom of this post.

Over the last week, the tech billionaire and Trump ally has repeatedly gone after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, accusing him of being "complicit in the RAPE OF BRITAIN", and reigniting a politicized (and racist) debate about gangs who ‘groomed’ and raped girls across England over the course of several decades. An investigation in 2014 found that mostly Pakistani men were behind a series of abuse cases, which is what many on the right want to focus on, but it doesn’t tell the full picture.

So, what is this all about? And why is Musk comparing Starmer to a Nazi character and demanding the release of infamous Islamophobe and far-right extremist Tommy Robinson?

There's a lot to discuss here – about the horrific sex crimes themselves and the sensitive, highly politicized and racialized topic of child grooming gangs in the UK; about the role of billionaires in a modern democracy; and about the dangerous effects that one particular billionaire’s stream of misinformation can have on a whole country.

This Town Hall Q&A is exclusively for paid subscribers tomorrow, January 8 at 4pm ET. We'll delve into everything around this growing issue and more with Nazir Afzal, the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England. The link to register is at the bottom of this post.

Afzal prosecuted some of the most high profile cases in the country, including against child rapists of Pakistani heritage, and is the only lawyer to ever prosecute a case before the late Queen Elizabeth. He is also a leading voice on several legal topics including violence against women and girls, child sexual abuse, and honour-based violence, and was awarded an OBE by the late Queen for his work with the Crown Prosecution Service.

Paid subscribers will have the chance to ask Afzal to break down, explain, and debunk many of Musk’s claims on the sexual exploitation of children in the UK, drawing from his own prosecution of grooming gangs, his experience as a national adviser on gender-based violence, and his advisory role in Google’s innovation fund for counter-extremism.

Click the link below to register. You must be a paid subscriber to join our Town Halls.