Elon Musk vs Labour
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look a why tech multi billionaire Elon Musk, and friend of Donald Trump is getting involved in British politics.
He’s been critical of Labour and Sir Keir Starmer and has formed an allegiance with Reform UK.
But there’s a disagreement between Musk and its leader Nigel Farage over the anti Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson.
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| 0:10.5 | Well, I wish I could give you some. |
| 0:11.9 | I am looking over a fabulous race course at Chelmsford in Essex. |
| 0:15.8 | However, I can see no Gigi's, not a single one, not a single fetlock, also single hoof. |
| 0:20.9 | Why are you at the races in Chelmsville? |
| 0:24.0 | I have gone to the races because Najah Farage is here and I'm going to interview with him |
| 0:29.0 | for tomorrow's programme. |
| 0:30.1 | He, interestingly, is the first of the main party leaders to be sort of out and about this |
| 0:35.5 | year. |
| 0:36.0 | And he's at his second event in 48 hours. |
| 0:39.7 | He's going around various different bits and pieces of the country as he proclaims his ever |
| 0:44.8 | expanding membership of his new party reform. I suppose actually not so new now, Reform the UK. |
| 0:50.6 | And he does what he seems to often do so well, |
| 0:55.1 | captures headlines, not always for the right reasons. |
| 0:57.9 | Well, it's come at a time when his friend, Elon Musk, and hero, of course. |
| 1:02.2 | Elon Musk has been making comments about the British judicial system |
| 1:06.0 | and he wants to jail one of our MPs now, |
| 1:08.4 | which we will discuss in Saturday's newscast. |
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| 1:14.9 | I like landscapes. |
| 1:15.8 | I don't think I'm being rude. |
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