Can Musk oust Starmer?

Coffee House Shots

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The war between Labour and Elon Musk continues to rage. Today the Financial Times reports that the tech tycoon has had discussions about ousting Keir Starmer before the next election, while the Mirror holds a report that the Home Office has been assessing Elon Musk's tweets as a part of their efforts to tackle online extremism. Cindy Yu talks to Katy Balls and James Heale about whether Musk can really threaten Starmer's position.

Produced by Cindy Yu.

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0:24.7	I'm Cindy Yu and I'm joined by Katie Balls and James Heel.
0:28.1	So Katie, it seems like the war between the governing Labour Party in this country and Elon Musk
0:32.7	associated with another government, incoming government of another country, is just continuing
0:37.4	to heat up.
0:38.9	Yeah, I think there are just further signs that there's, you know, when you occasionally speak to
0:42.7	more optimistic Labour politicians, and they will say, well, there can be a way through with
0:47.2	Elon Musk and Kirstama, because we're really interested in AI.
0:51.9	It's almost a Rishi Sunak playbook of that fireside chat with Elon Musk,
0:55.5	which feels so long ago now in terms of what's happened in UK politics and US politics
1:00.3	and Elon Musk's own ex account.
1:02.9	But, you know, they could bond on those things.
1:05.0	So I was speaking to someone about this and they said, you know,
1:07.3	when it comes to Elon Musk views, when you're looking it from a UK perspective,
1:11.5	do you want to be the insurgent, radical, when it comes to the political movement, in which case,
1:18.8	reform, Niger Farage, maybe less so after Sunday, but I've tapped into that.
1:23.6	Or can you touch his dynamism on tech and AI?
1:27.0	And that was how Rishiishi soonax team saw it when
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