How do you solve a problem like Elon? That is the dilemma facing Keir Starmer. Musk seems particularly exercised about the state of the UK and is quick to criticise the man he calls ‘two-tier Keir’. Using his platform X, he has weighed in on just about all the worst Labour news, from over-taxing farmers to mass-releasing prisoners while locking up others for speaking freely about the Southport riots. ‘Don’t expect him to be invited in for a fireside chat any time soon,’ says a minister.
Now, following Donald Trump’s re-election, another story could bring Starmer’s inner circle into a direct confrontation with Musk, plunging the PM’s top aide into a high-profile congressional investigation.
Downing Street and Ofcom struggle with the pace of what one MP calls a ‘24/7 hate factory’
The latest controversy centres on a hitherto obscure group founded by Starmer’s new Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney, back in 2018. The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) launched at a time when Jeremy Corbyn’s grip on Labour looked unshakable.
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