Sources claim Elon Musk is planning to take his interference into UK politics a step further as he supposedly concocts a plan to bring Keir Starmer down before the next general election
Elon Musk is thought to be in discussion with close political allies to make a plan to overthrow Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister.
The world’s richest man and Tesla founder has spent time commenting publicly on UK politics over the past week, in particular on Keir Starmer’s position in government. According to sources close to Musk, he is briefing people close to him on how they can throw the Labour leader out before the next general election. While his reason for disliking the Prime Minister is not clear, Musk has commented on his handling on the inquiry into the grooming gangs – stating Starmer is wrong for denying a national investigation.
Now acting as a close confidant to Donald Trump, Musk had previously been using his social media platform X to cast doubt over Labour’s government. In his aggressive posts, he wrote comments such as: “Prison for Starmer,” and shared a poll asking whether America “should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government.”
According to the Financial Times, he and his right-wing allies are planning on taking this a step further. They claim they want to infiltrate directly into the political system to get rid of Labour.
Musk has sought information about alternative political movements in the UK – mostly from Reform UK – to try and force change. Perhaps most shockingly, Musk distanced himself from leader Nigel Farage over the weekend, claiming he wasn’t strong enough to enforce change, particularly as he banished Tommy Robinson.
Musk’s father, Errol, has since claimed he was the one to initiate the Farage conversation, to which his son suggested Farage “needed to go.” Over the past week Musk has focussed on other politicians, such as Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister.
He called her a “rape genocide apologist” after she rejected a request by Oldham council for the Home Office to hold a Whitehall-led inquiry into the grooming scandal in the Greater Manchester town. He also said Starmer of being “complicit” in the rape of Britain as a former director of public prosecutions in England and Wales.
Starmer responded to these Tweets on Monday, stating that those “spreading lies and misinformation” were not interested in victims but rather “themselves.”
Sensing a change in the US, Matt Goodwin, a rightwing political commentator, said Musk — and other Americans — had become “fascinated” by the grooming gangs scandal in the UK. He also believed it was because Musk has “an instinctive distrust of the Labour government and Keir Starmer” and wants to do something about it.
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