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Elon Musk to fund Tommy Robinson’s legal fight, supporters claim

Elon Musk to fund Tommy Robinson’s legal fight, supporters claim

Robinson’s representatives post ‘heartfelt gratitude’ to the X owner on Telegram.

January 21, 2025 6:26 pm CET
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13 times Elon Musk meddled in politics

13 times Elon Musk meddled in politics

January 8, 2025 4:00 am CET
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Farage to Musk: We can still be friends

Nigel Farage wants to kiss and make up with Elon Musk — despite his backing for far-right agitator Tommy Robinson.

January 7, 2025 11:19 am CET

Musk says UK’s Starmer should be in prison

Trump ally keeps up his feud with Britain’s center-left government — and asks followers if America should ‘liberate’ Britain.

January 6, 2025 11:18 am CET

Musk savages Farage, calls for new Reform UK leader

In his latest intervention into British politics, the tech billionaire said Farage “doesn’t have what it takes” and discussed potential successors.

January 5, 2025 6:09 pm CET

Farage rejects Tommy Robinson after Musk backs far-right firebrand

Musk’s support for controversial rabble-rouser has sparked a backlash among British politicians.

January 4, 2025 2:34 pm CET

How do you solve a problem like Elon Musk?

The “chameleon” tech billionaire is one of the most powerful politically connected people in the world. Europe’s governments are still working out how to deal with being on his bad side.

January 3, 2025 6:10 pm CET

Elon Musk told to stick to US politics after latest UK blast

Health Minister Andrew Gwynne says X owner should prioritize “issues on the other side of the Atlantic.”

January 3, 2025 11:52 am CET

Musk under fire for boosting jailed UK far-right ringleader

X owner and Donald Trump ally accused of spreading “poison” after he backs jailed activist.

January 2, 2025 3:36 pm CET

Elon Musk demands release of UK far-right ringleader Tommy Robinson from prison

X owner said a documentary by the English Defense League co-founder was “worth watching.”

January 2, 2025 11:06 am CET

Elon Musk brands UK a ‘tyrannical police state’

X owner shares a petition demanding a UK general election and boosts a far-right activist.

November 25, 2024 10:04 am CET

UK far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson jailed

He admitted to contempt of court for repeating libelous claims about a Syrian refugee schoolboy.

October 28, 2024 2:14 pm CET

The tragedy of Liz Truss 

The former prime minister faces an up hill struggle to rehabilitate her battered reputation.

September 10, 2024 4:01 am CET

The mainstreaming of Islamophobia in the UK

Decades of hostile media rhetoric and discriminatory government policy have resulted in the normalization of Islamophobia. And the failure to tackle it guarantees we’ll see a repeat of these ugly riots.

August 12, 2024 4:01 am CET
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Britain’s far right enjoys unparalleled impunity on Telegram

Far-right agitators have long enjoyed an unparalleled level of impunity on Telegram.

August 9, 2024 4:44 am CET

Nigel Farage tries to have it both ways as Britain burns

The Reform UK leader has sought to distance himself from Tommy Robinson while also blaming the left for the unrest.

August 8, 2024 4:00 am CET

UK far-right riots: Everything we know

What has happened, who is behind the violence and how the U.K. government has responded.

August 6, 2024 4:00 am CET

Race riots put Britain on collision course with Elon Musk

Britain’s government has social platforms in its sights as incitement spreads — and the X owner is squaring up for a fight.

August 5, 2024 8:21 pm CET

UK PM slams Elon Musk for saying far-right riots ‘inevitable’

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said there’s ‘no justification’ for tech billionaire’s comments about a ‘civil war.’

August 5, 2024 3:18 pm CET

UK probes whether ‘state actors’ stoked far-right riots

False claims about the identity of a murder suspect have spread far and wide online.

August 5, 2024 3:12 pm CET

Starmer summons UK police chiefs as stabbing sparks wave of far-right violence

The meeting comes after a 17-year-old was charged with the murder of 3 girls and attempted murder of 10 others at a children’s dance class earlier this week.

August 1, 2024 8:58 am CET

With Britain’s far right on the march, Labour has a problem

Riots that followed the killing of three children in Southport are the latest far-right show of force confronting Britain’s new government.

August 1, 2024 4:00 am CET

Liz Truss’ journey from Downing Street to ‘deep state’ conspiracist

How a failed British prime minister reinvented herself as a US-style populist.

March 12, 2024 4:00 am CET

UK’s Tories tear themselves apart over Islamophobia

A row over a suspended MP has triggered a days-long debate in the governing party about anti-Muslim hatred.

February 28, 2024 7:01 pm CET

PMQs scorecard: Sunak gets nasty on eve of Starmer’s by-election nightmare

The debate came on the eve of the Rochdale by-election.

February 28, 2024 1:59 pm CET

Extremist content is flourishing on TikTok: Report

More than 1,000 videos featured anti-Semitic and racist content over a one-month period.

August 24, 2021 6:00 pm CET
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