Elon Musk Calls for Fresh UK Elections in Latest Starmer Attack
- Billionaire calls for release from jail of right-wing agitator
- Posts follow volley of criticism that started in the summer
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Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk called for fresh UK elections in the latest sign of how Donald Trump’s incoming US administration could be a thorn in the side of Keir Starmer’s government.
Musk, a close and outspoken adviser to Trump, who will take office on Jan. 20, made a string of posts overnight on the X platform that he owns criticizing UK policy. He questioned Starmer’s record as Britain’s Director of Public Prosecutions before entering politics, called for the release from prison of the far-right agitator Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, and said that “only” Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party can “save” Britain.