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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jessica Elgot and Rowena Mason

Elon Musk calls PM ‘two-tier Keir’ over police response to UK riots

Elon Musk at a conference in Paris, 2023
Elon Musk was criticised by Downing Street on Monday for saying the UK was heading for ‘civil war’. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

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.

Downing Street would not engage again with the billionaire owner of X, having previously said his comments about a potential civil war in the UK had “no justification”. Since that criticism, Musk has been repeatedly targeting Keir Starmer on his social media platform.

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