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- worldnews@lemmit.online
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- worldnews@lemmit.online
Summary
A majority of Britons believe Elon Musk negatively impacts UK politics, according to an Opinium poll.
Musk has used his platform X to criticize Keir Starmer and Labour’s stance on grooming gang inquiries, calling Starmer “deeply complicit” and accusing Jess Phillips of being a “rape genocide apologist.”
53% of voters believe Musk’s involvement in British politics is negative, while 47% find his comments about grooming gangs unhelpful. Only 12% see his involvement positively.
Reform UK supporters oppose his criticism of Nigel Farage, and public opinion on another national grooming inquiry remains divided.
I think some of us still remember the whole ‘pedo guy’ thing that started his public slide into becoming a low charisma version of Hank Scorpio.
Some of us find him weird and he triggers an uncanny valley response since he seems close to being human while obviously not being one.
A lot of Brits like subtlety and nuance and he has none.
A lot of Brits cheer on the underdog and his photo appears in the thesaurus under the antonyms section for ‘underdog’.
Me, all of the above.