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IT’S TIME FOR the Battle of the Billionaires. Call it the Mumble in the Jungle or the Spite of the Century.

You don’t even need a Netflix subscription to watch the big fight. Just log onto X (the toilet-formerly-known-as-Twitter) and read what Elon Musk and Michael O’Leary have to say about each other.

In the era of the Doom Scroll, this is the feel-bad story of the week that no one asked for. The tale runs essentially thus:

Musk owns a company called Starlink, a collection of low-orbiting satellites providing high-speed internet. Last week, he posted that Ryanair, still Europe’s largest airline, could use the service to provide WiFi on its flights.

O’Leary shot back by saying that Musk is ‘very wealthy, but he’s still an idiot’.

Michael O'Leary during a press conference at The Mayson Hotel, Dublin, after tech billionaire Elon Musk floated the idea of buying the budget airline. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

Wouldn’t some in-flight internet access be nice, though? According to O’Leary, adding the necessary antennae to his planes would push up costs, and passengers would be unwilling to pay for it.

He’s not wrong. His entire business model is about offering low-fare, low-self-esteem air travel. Flying with Ryanair may be a sometimes miserable experience, but you’ll save like €20 – 30 quid, and that’s money you could spend pouring alcohol into your pathetic face at the airport. That’s the deal, and it’s one........

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