American billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday called for the release of British far-right agitator Tommy Robinson, recently convicted by the courts, new interference by the owner of .
Since Labor returned to power in July in the United Kingdom and the anti-migrant and anti-Muslim riots which shook the country this summer, Elon Musk has increased his comments on British news, judging that a “civil war” was “inevitable” in the country and that foreign investors were now fleeing the country.
He especially attacked the government of Keir Starmer, accused of repressing the rioters too harshly and of leading “a tyrannical police state”. But the conservative opposition is also worried about his connections with the anti-immigration Reform UK party, whose leader Nigel Farage he recently met in Florida.
This time, it is to the far-right agitator Tommy Robinson that Elon Musk, who has become close to President-elect Donald Trump, is providing his support.
“Free Tommy Robinson!” he wrote on his X account on Thursday.
Real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Tommy Robinson was sentenced at the end of October to 18 months in prison for violating a 2021 court decision which prohibited him from repeating defamatory comments towards a Syrian refugee.
“Why is Tommy Robinson in solitary confinement for telling the truth?” Elon Musk said again.
This emblematic figure of the British extreme right, founder in 2009 of the English Defense League, a small group originating from the hooligan movement, has already been condemned several times in recent years, notably for disorderly conduct. public order.
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Most of those responsible were men from Pakistan and the authorities were blamed for not having taken the measure of this affair, fueling talk from the far right about a “two-tier” police force.
“In the UK, serious crimes like rape require approval from the prosecutor’s office before police can charge suspects. Who was in charge of the CPS when gangs of rapists were able to exploit young girls without having to face justice? Keir Starmer,” writes Elon Musk.
“A new election should be organized in the United Kingdom,” he adds.
