Billionaire Elon Musk injected himself into British politics by calling for another general election and the dissolution of Parliament while backing Tommy Robinson
Elon Musk told Tommy Robinson rally attendees “violence is going to come to you” as far right demonstrators clash with police. But his bizarre claim was immediately slapped down after evidence proved the only violence at today’s protests came from the far-right.
Multi-billionaire urged Unite the Kingdom attendees to rally against what he branded the “woke mind virus” while calling for the “dissolution of Parliament.” He then told thousands of supporters that “violence is going to come to you, you will have no choice.”
He then said: “You either fight back or you die.” But Musk’s apparent warning comes after supporters of Robinson clashed with police at several locations in Whitehall.
Presenter Sangita Myska responded to Musk’s comments on violence, adding: “The ONLY violence we saw at the anti-racism demos was from far right Robinson goons masquerading as ‘patriots’ attempting to get at marchers, the vast majority of which were white women. Wanna explain that @elonmusk?”
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The Metropolitan Police shared videos of Robinson supporters clashing with officers and hurling projectiles at them. They added: “Officers were attacked with projectiles and have had to use force to avoid their cordon being breached.”
In another post shared to X/Twitter, officers were said to have intervened at multiple locations to stop Unite the Kingdom protesters from getting to counter demonstrators. “A number of officers have been assaulted,” said a Met Office spokesperson.
Musk has frequently waded into politics, having backed Donald Trump for the presidency last year before the pair had a spectacular fallout. He has also had a spat with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and called for him to be replaced after his support for Tommy Robinson became clear.
The billionaire appeared at the rally on Saturday after former Reform UK deputy Ben Habib, who now leads Advance UK, a party that Robinson is a member of. Musk said: “I think there’s something beautiful about being British and what I see happening here is a destruction of Britain, initially a slow erosion but rapidly increasing erosion of Britain with massive uncontrolled migration.
“A failure by the Government to protect innocent people including children who are getting gang-raped. It’s unreal the Government has failed in its duty to protect its citizens which is a fundamental duty of government.”
He bemoaned the fact a next election is due to go ahead in about four years and called for a “new vote.” About 111,000 demonstrators were said to have taken part in the rally, according to the Met Police.
It is one of the largest far right rallies in UK history. But the violence seen today is not the first time there have been clashes between Robinson supporters and police.
Police said at leas nine people had been arrested today. Last year, thousands of far right protesters arrived for an event in London where four people were arrested.