Starmer Slaps Down Musk After Tech Tycoon Assaults Labour

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson hit again at Elon Musk after the world’s richest man claimed “only a few” companies would need to spend money on the UK.

On his social media platform X (previously Twitter), Musk wrote: “Only a few corporations will probably be prepared to spend money on the UK with the present administration.”

He was responding to a letter from Scottish politicians calling for Musk’s electrical automobile firm, Tesla, to open a manufacturing facility within the nation.

In response, Starmer’s spokesman advised journalists that the Labour authorities had an “unashamedly pro-growth and pro-business method”.

He stated: “If you happen to have a look at what’s occurred for the reason that election, you’ve seen £63bn of conventional funding.”

Labour hosted a summit in October the place they claimed to boost a “record-breaking” £63bn for the UK financial system.

The spokesman continued: “Enterprise funding within the third quarter this 12 months is estimated to extend 4.5 per cent in comparison with this time final 12 months.

“I believe you’ve seen stories out right now suggesting that overwhelming majority of UK companies count on their turnover to extend subsequent 12 months, up on final 12 months.”

Musk has been in a protracted spat with Starmer ever since Labour gained the July common election, typically criticising the brand new authorities by way of his social media posts.

The tech mogul was allegedly left off the federal government’s invite listing for the brand new authorities’s October summit due to his vocal assaults on Labour.

When responding to hypothesis concerning the summit, Musk stated: “I don’t assume anybody ought to go to the UK once they’re releasing convicted paedophiles with the intention to imprison folks for social media posts.”

Musk additionally elevated a right-wing conspiracy principle of “two-tier policing” – which claims the authorities are a lot stricter with these on the correct finish of the political spectrum than these on the left – by calling Starmer “two-tier Kier” in the summertime.

Starmer slapped down such a suggestion on the time, telling the press: “Speak of two-tier policing is incorrect, it’s not true and it’s harmful, as a result of it exposes the police to much more hazard than they’re already uncovered to.”

Musk additionally claimed “civil conflict is inevitable” within the UK after the violent riots broke out in August.

The tech tycoon has since been tapped by Donald Trump to be the joint-lead of DOGE within the US, the division of presidency efficiencies.

There may be even hypothesis Musk might donate as much as $100m to Nigel Farage’s Reform social gathering after the 2 met in Trump’s Florida mansion – a sum which might be the most important donation in UK electoral historical past.

Musk has denied that he was planning to offer such a sum however didn’t rule out providing some type of contribution to the brand new social gathering.