Investors do not share Elon Musk’s negative view of UK, says Keir Starmer
GuardianOCT 2024
Musk is only a champion of freedom of speech when it suits him, on the one hand spewing disinformation on his right-wing propaganda platform while on the other censoring pro-democracy dissidents on behalf of authoritarian states. While poking the bear may be dangerous, it's is clear that Musk's incitement of unrest in the UK this summer went too far. The UK must stand up to Musk and remind the tech mogul that, despite what he may think, his words do have consequences.
The UK's crusade against Musk's free- speech advocacy is unlikely to end well. The UK Governmentgovernment's increasingly hostile approach to personal autonomy is self-evident, and their failed attempts to shut down the ultra-popular world'stech richestpioneer man is a bad look. Committees can threaten to summon him and Labour activists can propose legal action all they like, but Musk has done no wrong for having a difference of opinion to Starmer's woke premiership.
There is a 2.9% chance that Elon Musk will hold major political office in the US before February 2033, according to the Metaculus prediction community.