Musk requires snap UK election in assault on Starmer — RT World Information
The US-based tech billionaire has lashed out on the British prime minister in a string of tweets
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has slammed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and referred to as for early parliamentary elections within the UK, in an assault on the Labor authorities. The US-based tech billionaire, who has lately emerged as an in depth adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, expressed assist for the Reform UK occasion and referred to as for the discharge of jailed right-wing activist Tommy Robinson in a collection of posts on X in a single day.
In his posts, Musk questioned Starmer’s file as the top of the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service from 2008 to 2013 and accused him of failing to research “rape gangs” in Britain.
He additionally pointed to a latest YouGov ballot suggesting an “completely beautiful” decline in assist for the Labor authorities. In response to the ballot revealed this week, solely 12% of respondents mentioned Labour have been profitable thus far, whereas greater than half described it as ‘incompetent’ and ‘dishonest’.
“A brand new election must be referred to as in Britain,” Musk wrote in a put up on X, sharing the ballot outcomes. Starmer’s authorities at present enjoys a 163-seat majority following a landslide victory in July. The subsequent parliamentary elections within the UK are scheduled to happen in 2029. London has not reacted to Musk’s newest statements thus far.
The tech entrepreneur additionally shared a put up agreeing with the assertion that Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK occasion is “the one method to save” Britain.
Musk earlier met with Farage at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, with some media retailers claiming he had pledged as a lot as $100 million in assist for the British occasion. Musk, nonetheless, denied the stories.
In a collection of posts, he additionally referred to as for the discharge of British right-wing activist Tommy Robinson. Robinson, whose actual identify is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was sentenced to 18 months behind bars in late October for publishing a documentary containing libelous claims a couple of Syrian refugee. The activist calls himself a “political prisoner” and claimed he was jailed for “talking the reality.”
This isn’t the primary time the US-based billionaire has harshly criticized the Labor authorities. In August, he mentioned {that a} “civil conflict is inevitable” within the UK, prompting London to hit again, calling his phrases “completely unjustified.” In November, he supported a petition for early elections within the UK, which was backed by over 2 million signatures, and referred to as Britain below Starmer a “tyrannical police state.”
Musk has additionally lately lashed out at German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, predicting that he’ll lose snap elections in February, and expressing assist for the right-wing Various for Germany occasion. Berlin reacted by warning that Musk’s statements might pressure relations between Germany and the US.
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