X’s post claims to show British Prime Minister Keir Starmer footage of alleged pedophile Jimmy Savile as a child.
🚨 Explosive photo front: Shocking images have emerged showing pedophile Jimmy Savile alongside a young Keir Starmer.
There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by Mr Starmer, but the photo raises serious questions about his closeness to one of Britain’s most notorious figures… pic.twitter.com/l4MXfNKnTV
— Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) January 14, 2025
Verdict: False
The child shown is not Keir Starmer.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has recently come under fire for alleged inaction on national security issues. grooming gang A scandal that shook the country. Authorities have been accused of covering up sexual assaults and rapes. 1,400 Most of the children in Rotterdam are cared for by men of Pakistani descent.
A post on X is claimed to show Starmer as a child alongside Jimmy Savile, the British DJ and media personality who died in 2011. Savile is accused of sexually assaulting at least 63 people, one of whom was also young. 11 years old. The caption says it is not suggesting any wrongdoing on Starmer’s part, but does try to “raise questions” about the closeness of the two. Mr Starmer has been asked to comment on the photo.
But the child pictured with Savile is not Starmer. British Photographic Press Image Search Characteristics of Rex It shows an image from XPost, with the caption: ‘Jimmy Savile and some children during a visit to Avon Tyrrell House in the New Forest, Hampshire. Avon Tyrrell House supports disadvantaged children. ” Starmer is not known to have lived in such a house.
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Additionally, Starmer would have been too old to be identified as him at the time the photo was taken. Prime Minister’s year of birth 1962That would make her 16 years old in the photo with Savile. Photos of Starmer at that age are not comparable, but the child looks much younger than 16, which almost certainly rules out Starmer.
