Elon Musk demands boycott of “Soviet” UK for snub at business summit

Elon Musk escalated his verbal war with the UK Government after being refused an invitation to a upcoming business investment conference. The Tesla billionaire responded to the news about the snub by saying: “I do not think anyone should travel to the UK at a time when they are releasing paedophiles to jail people for their social media posts.”

After a spat between Sir Keir starmer and the owner of X over the role social media platforms played during the summer riots, the new administration has decided not to invite the owner of X to the International Investment Summit.

After three kids were killed during an attack in Southport, violence erupted across the UK. Starmer said at the time that “violent disorder was clearly whipped-up online.” This is also a criminal act. “It is happening in your building, and law enforcement must be everywhere.”

Musk responded by blaming Britain’s multiculturalism as the cause of the conflict. Musk wrote: “Conflict is inevitable if incompatible cultures are mixed without assimilation,” adding to a photo of a police officer’s arrest, “Is this Britain, or the Soviet Union?” Ministers condemned the comments as “totally injustified” and “pretty despicable”. Some individuals were sentenced to prison in August for encouraging unrest through social media.

In an attempt to ease the crisis of overcrowding, around 1,750 inmates have been released from prisons in England and Wales early this month. The scheme excludes terrorists and sex criminals. Musk’s insult by Labour was first reported by BBC. It is a complete reversal from the previous government which actively courted Musk.

He was one the most prominent participants at the first AI Safety Summit held in Bletchley Park in November last year. As the grand finale of the event, he took part in an online “fireside conversation” with Rishi Sunder as the final act. Jeremy Hunt said that it was a big loss for Britain that Musk wouldn’t attend. He told BBC that Musk had indicated previously that he would consider building an electric vehicle plant in Britain.

Kemi Badenoch is running to become Tory leader. She said that she was “a huge fan of Elon Musk”, and praised him for his support of free speech. She told The Spectator that she had seen a difference between Twitter before and after he took control: There is a greater freedom of speech. There are a lot more things I see that I dislike on, X as he calls the platform. But I know that opinions are no longer suppressed in the same way they used to be. There was a very left-wing cultural establishment that controlled a large part of the discourse on this platform.

A spokesperson for the Department for Business and Trade refused to comment. The International Investment Summit, which will be held on October 14th, two weeks before and the Budget is due to take place, aims at bringing money and interest back into UK business. The event will be hosted by Rachel Reeves and Jonathan Reynolds.

The summit’s announcement stated that it was part of a “plan to make clear that the UK has opened for business” as the government resets its relations with trading partners across the globe, and creates an environment that is pro-business and supports innovation and quality jobs in the UK.

Labour’s leadership has spent considerable time in the lead-up to elections repairing relationships with businesses through an “offensive” of smoked salmon and scrambled egg. However, the proposed policies for strengthening employee rights have made some employers wary of the new government.