Billionaire Elon Musk has held private talks with allies about ousting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of the next UK general election, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Thursday.
Musk, the world’s richest person and a close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, last month voiced his support for an anti-immigration German party ahead of elections scheduled for February and has repeatedly commented on British politics, calling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign.
Elon Musk considered how he and his allies could destabilize the Labor government and sought information about building support for alternative British political movements with the aim of forcing a change of government, according to the source, citing people familiar with the matter. with the subject.
Musk did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular business hours.
“His view is that Western civilization itself is under threat,” one of the sources told the FT.
The US billionaire previously accused Starmer of failing to prosecute gangs of men who raped young girls when he was chief prosecutor from 2008 to 2013. Starmer later defended his work as a prosecutor.
Separately, Elon Musk is scheduled to host Alternative for Germany co-chair Alice Weidel in a live interview on X on Thursday.
The German party supported by Emon Musk has been labeled as a far-right group by the German security services.
Earlier this week, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere expressed concern about Elon Musk’s involvement in the political affairs of other countries.
Source: www.cotidianul.ro
