Elon Musk, the American tech mogul, has launched a scathing Twitter attack on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, advocating for an immediate general election.
The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, a recent advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, used X to criticize Starmer’s leadership, endorse the Reform UK party, and demand the release of jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Musk questioned Starmer’s tenure as Director of Public Prosecutions, alleging failures in investigating “rape gangs.”
He cited a YouGov poll showing plummeting support for the Labour government, describing the results, which indicated only 12% approval and widespread perceptions of incompetence and dishonesty, as “absolutely stunning.”
“Britain needs a new election,” Musk tweeted, sharing the poll data. Despite Labour’s substantial 163-seat majority from July’s election and the next scheduled election in 2029, London has yet to respond to Musk’s comments.
Musk also retweeted a post labeling Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party as “the only way to save” Britain. Following a meeting with Farage at Mar-a-Lago, reports – denied by Musk – suggested he committed $100 million to the party.
His posts also included calls for the release of Tommy Robinson (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon), who received an 18-month sentence in late October for libelous statements in a documentary about a Syrian refugee. Robinson maintains he’s a “political prisoner” unjustly jailed for “speaking the truth.”
This isn’t Musk’s first attack on the Labour government. In August, his prediction of an impending “civil war” drew a rebuke from London. In November, he supported a petition for early elections (with over 2 million signatures) and labeled Starmer’s Britain a “tyrannical police state.”
Musk recently criticized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, predicting his electoral defeat in February and supporting the Alternative for Germany party. This prompted a warning from Berlin about potential damage to US-German relations.