THE GUARDIAN: Owner of X uses platform to promote conspiracy theory that white far-right ‘protesters’ involved in disorder are treated more severely than minorities
Elon Musk has called the prime minister “two-tier Keir” in reference to the conspiracy theory that police are treating white far-right “protesters” more harshly than minority groups.
The billionaire owner of X promoted the idea that has been spread by Tommy Robinson and the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage amid a series of far-right riots across towns and cities in England and in Belfast.
In a slew of tweets aimed at Keir Starmer, Musk, who is one of the world’s richest men, also questioned whether the riots were taking place in Britain or the Soviet Union, in response to a video purporting to show someone being arrested for making offensive comments on Facebook.
Musk’s provocative interventions come after Downing Street criticised him on Monday for posting that “civil war is inevitable” under a video of violent riots in Liverpool. » | Rowena Mason, Whitehall editor | Tuesday, August 6, 2024
