Should Elon Musk butt out of UK politics?
6 January 2025, 18:28
By Tom Brake
Foreign intervention in a country’s domestic politics is rarely greeted with rapturous applause.
Remember Donald Trump’s sharp words about Labour party members volunteering for the Democrats during the presidential election campaign.
But when the interference originates from the world’s richest man, with direct control of a dominant social media outlet, who also happens to be a member of the incoming US administration, it can have severe or even tragic consequences.
So far, his ill-informed pronouncements about the UK have further polarised communities, inflamed tensions, and increased the risk of........
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