Moving the post goals: Musk’s British-politics meddling
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
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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| 1:00.8 | The Economist. |
| 1:07.9 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:12.4 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:17.4 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:26.5 | In 2025, European governments, like pretty much everybody else, |
| 1:28.7 | have to work out the art of dealing with Donald Trump. Our series The World Ahead concludes today with our defense editor laying out what |
| 1:34.3 | that means in the context of European security. And in fiction, love wins out in spite of roadblocks |
| 1:42.8 | and setbacks, usually. |
| 1:44.9 | Our obituaries editor reflects on the life of Chung Yao, a remarkably prolific novelist |
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