UK PM vs Musk: Starmer slams Tesla CEO's 'fight or die' remark; calls him 'hostile'

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s bureau connected Monday criticised US tech billionaire Elon Musk for utilizing what it described arsenic "dangerous and inflammatory language" during a televised code astatine 1 of the UK’s largest far-right protests.About 150,000 radical joined the London protestation connected Saturday, organised by activistic Tommy Robinson nether the banner "Unite the Kingdom."

In his address, Musk called for Britain’s parliament to beryllium dissolved and for Starmer’s Labour authorities to beryllium replaced. He besides told the assemblage that "violence is coming" and that "you either combat backmost oregon you die."Starmer’s spokesperson said: "The UK is simply a fair, tolerant and decent country, and truthful the past happening the British radical privation is unsafe and inflammatory language, which threatens unit and intimidation connected our streets."

Protesters marched implicit Westminster Bridge and gathered adjacent Downing Street, wherever speakers included far-right figures from Europe and North America.

UK location caput Shabana Mahmood besides condemned the protest, which saw convulsive clashes, and referred to Musk arsenic a "hostile billionaire" for urging radical to combat against Britain’s democracy.Speaking successful the House of Commons, Mahmood said 26 constabulary officers were injured and 24 protesters arrested during the demonstration.

She added that portion galore protesters exercised their close to protest, "some turned connected the brave constabulary officers who were determination to support the peace."

She continued: "Those convulsive thugs volition look the afloat unit of the law, but those who crook to unit connected Saturday bash not correspond who this state truly is. When a overseas billionaire calls connected our citizens to combat against our past democracy, I cognize this is met by the immense bulk with a shingle of the head.

That is due to the fact that we are, successful truth, a tolerant country. And yes, we are a divers 1 too. You tin beryllium English with roots present that agelong backmost 1,000 years.

But you tin besides beryllium English and look similar me."Mahmood repeated Starmer’s earlier connection that the St George’s Cross and Union Jack flags are "symbols of unity" and should not beryllium utilized to disagreement people."The words that were utilized astatine the play are abhorrent and I cognize that the immense bulk of radical successful this state volition consciousness the aforesaid way; whether you're a hostile authorities oregon a hostile overseas billionaire, nary 1 gets to messiness with British democracy,” she added.Starmer had said connected Sunday: "Britain is simply a federation proudly built connected tolerance, diverseness and respect. Our emblem represents our divers state and we volition ne'er surrender it to those that usage it arsenic a awesome of violence, fearfulness and division."At the protest, Robinson, whose existent sanction is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, claimed that UK courts had enactment the rights of undocumented migrants supra those of the "local community." He cited a Court of Appeal ruling that overturned an injunction stopping asylum seekers from being housed astatine the Bell Hotel successful Essex."They told the satellite that Somalians, Afghans, Pakistanis, each of them, their rights supersede yours — the British public, the radical that built this nation," helium told the crowd.Robinson’s supporters aboriginal threw objects astatine anti-racism counter-protesters arsenic some groups faced disconnected connected Whitehall successful cardinal London.