Summary
Elon Musk labeled Britain a “tyrannical police state” on X, criticized Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership, and questioned the imprisonment of far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
Musk’s comments coincide with his role as a key adviser to Trump, raising concerns in the U.K. about its relationship with the incoming administration.
Musk also criticized Starmer’s policies, including increased farm inheritance taxes, and boosted far-right content on X.
This follows similar clashes with other U.S. allies, including Germany and Australia, over their domestic policies.
He’s got such a hate boner for Kier Starmer that I’m kind of intrigued. Starmer is the most boring, beaurocratic politician you can find. I can’t understand what’s triggered this latest Musk mania.
He’s a prosecutor who apparently can’t be bought.
That’s far more dangerous to a billionaire than a firebrand.
If Starner only delivers a non-corrupt legal system it’ll be an incredible win for the Country. But I do think he needs 10 years in office so he should focus on actually winning the next election.
Yes, truth is terrifying to a liar. Justice is terrifying to a fraud.
Saying he can’t be bought when he had to explain a metric fuck-ton of gifts he received from donors, from Arsenal season tickets to an insane amount on glasses, and multiple tickets to Taylor Swift, indicates a man that can very easily be bought.
In theory, a Sir that is known for being a chief prosecutor should be the hardest person to buy…but that’s the joy of politics I guess.
IMO Kier is a bit of a bellend, but a vast improvement on the shower of cunts in the Tory party. What I would love to see him implement is a true UK constitution to ensure that any wrongdoing in office results in criminal proceedings. Those in politics should be held to the highest standard, and if you’re caught taking bribes, selling access to friends, or abusing lower workers while in office you should be banned from holding office AND see jail time.
It remains to be seen what he’s actually done to benefit anyone who gave him anything.
And he stopped accepting them once he entered the office. We found out because he told us about it all and the mistake of accepting some gifts a bit too late.
With the only arguable benefits being publicity for the brand it’s not nothing but it really is daft the perspective tricks that have been played with that particular molehill. It’s the press that actually gave the gifters the benefits, not any actions by Starner himself.
Being given something isn’t proof of being bought. Acting for the person who gave you something is.
I predict that as the COVID era corruption comes to light his previous job will result in him prosecuting and recovering quite a lot of public money. Sadly I don’t think he will get a result of jail time for anyone. The laws just aren’t in place for that and he can’t get them made retrospectively.
A UK constitution would be very interesting. But I’d just settle for some actual laws specifically against corruption rather than relying on MPs following conventions and being honourable.
The shocking thing is that hundreds of millions of pounds worth of corruption through the “fast lane” wasn’t illegal to do. We’ll only be able to recoup from the companies who actually didn’t deliver their contracts.
Musk here is using the Tucker Carlson technique of “just asking questions”. An answer is easily found. “Robinson” (not his real name) is in jail for 18 months because he committed crimes, admitted to them in court, and was found guilty of them in a court of law. Hardly tyranny. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/28/tommy-robinson-admits-contempt-of-court-over-false-claims-about-refugee
Wait, someone guilty of a crime can get jailed for the crime?
That certainly explains why people like Musk or Trump don’t get it, since that does not apply to them.
He’s also been to prison twice for violent crime including assaulting a police officer.
Nothing to see here folks, just another projection of a facsist tyrant (wannabe).
He is doing Russian dirty work
He must be mad! How could this place be a tyrannical police state?
I don’t even know where to begin with this picture, so many questions lol.
And it was a Tuesday too! It’s like if Arizona State was a country.
It was a Thursday.
My understanding from the comments on this picture is it was on a day that ended with the word day.
Haha, it’s famously new year’s eve 2015 in Manchester.
As a brit, I can say this is pretty accurate.
We do like a tipple at the weekend
What about this says police state?
There’s literally a drunk person lying in the street and no-one gives a shit.
It doesn’t, that’s my point.
Gotcha, think it’s kinda coming off the other way.
He is going straight back to the bottle too.
Someone just bitchslap that cunt, please.
I’m so tired of this guy.
I wish he’d just OD on ketamine already.
Kim Jong-Musk beating the drum, undermining democracy wherever he can
Elon Twitler.
Helen Mosque
A ketamine overdose couldn’t happen sooner to this mother fucker.
I seriously doubt he would die from an overdose. Musk probably has aides around him at all times who will help him if he even remotely seemed like he ODed on anything.
Idk maybe he’ll OD like MJ
MJ died because his doctor needed to take a bathroom break and his condition went critical in that moment. If his doctor has a bucket to piss in he would have survived.
Is that even possible? It would probably take an entire gram to kill him.
You misunderstand, we’re just writing that in on the autopsy report.
It’s very hard to OD on, it’s hard to find definitive numbers but some list the LD50 at 60mg/kg which means it would be over 4 grams for most people.
Edit: taking this moment to take issue with the phrasing most newspapers used for Matthew Perry’s ketamine “overdose” in which they blamed his death on the acute effects of the drug only to go on to say that he died from drowning after losing consciousness. If the drowning killed him it was not, by definition, the acute effects of the drug, but thanks for saying so and ruining the reputation of one the most effective treatments for depression we’ve ever seen and just an all around very impressive substance.
Did he think that was a compliment?
Seeing the kind of tyrannical laws that were enacted in that country in the last couple of years, I’m very much in agreement.
Musk can still go piss off.
Laws that were enacted by the previous Tory government who were in power for 12 years.
Starmer/Labour have only been in government for a few months so for them to have done what Musk is suggesting in such a short time, is quite the achievement.
It’s really annoying how this guy never complains about what actual autocracies are doing; never a peep complaining about the times they ask for things to be removed from Twitter. Just hand wringing about needing to follow the law to operate in those places. Hypocrite
Welcome to politics, there’s all sorts going on that we know nothing about that will influence who says what about whom, when and why. Hypocrisy is irrelevant to these people. He’s just influencing.
Musk is a whiny little bitch. Also a con man.
White, rich guy from apartheid South Africa accuses country of tyranny after it locks up a person white supremacists look up to.
Hmm. Hmmmm.
He had me on the first half
