Moving the post goals: Musk’s British-politics meddling
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The Economist
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🗓️ 10 January 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Elon Musk has taken an abiding interest in Britain, and a hard line against its prime minister. It reveals a division within British politics that may hold lessons for elsewhere. Our series The World Ahead concludes by assessing Europe’s security challenges in 2025 (11:14). And remembering Chiung Yao, whose many novels taught the Chinese all about romantic love (19:25).
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