Technology billionaire interested in building support for another political party, notably Reform UK
Elon Musk at the US Capitol in Washington. The world’s richest man is probing how he and his right-wing allies can destabilise the UK Labour government, according to people briefed on the matter. Photograph: Al Drago/Bloomberg“His view is that western civilisation itself is threatened,” one of the people added.
Mr Musk has accused Mr Starmer, a former director of public prosecutions in England and Wales who tackled child sexual abuse, of being “complicit” in the rape of Britain. Matt Goodwin, a rightwing political commentator, said Mr Musk – and other Americans – had become “fascinated” by the grooming gangs scandal in the UK over the past week in part because “it’s so horrific”.
Labour, meanwhile, is on 28 per cent, with the Tories on 24 per cent, according to Politico’s poll of polls.
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