Musk calls for fresh UK elections in sharp Starmer attack
Hindustan Times Lucknow|January 03, 2025
Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk called for fresh UK elections in the latest sign of how Donald Trump's incoming US administration could be a thorn in the side of Keir Starmer's government.
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WASHINGTON:

Musk, a close and outspoken adviser to Trump, who will take office on January 20, made a string of posts overnight on the X platform that he owns questioning Starmer's record as Britain's Director of Public Prosecutions before entering politics, calling for the release from prison of the far-Right agitator Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, and saying that "only" Nigel Farage's Reform UK party can "save" Britain.

Responding to one post about a new poll showing a collapse in support for Starmer's Labour government - which swept to power in a landslide in the country's July 4 general election - Musk called for a fresh vote. The premier, who has a huge parliamentary majority, doesn't need to call one for another 4 1/2 years.

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