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Andrew S. Roe-Crines, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in British Politics, University of Liverpool

All British politicians should immediately distance themselves from the foreign interference of Elon Musk

British politics entered the new year in a state of online siege from the incoming US government’s ironically named “efficiency tzar” and discourse provocateur (aka “troll”), Elon Musk.

Musk’s claimed cause is the way the British government has dealt with cases of abuse and grooming – cases which have been investigated by the National Crime Agency. Musk has recently discovered a scandal that has been the subject of much debate and investigation in the UK already.

He now posts on X (formerly known as Twitter) several times a night, sharing his thoughts on the matter, and appears determined to associate prime minister Keir Starmer and the wider Labour party with the horrific scandals, suggesting they are complicit with the rape gangs by failing to act while he was director of public prosecutions.

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