DOWNING Street has accused Elon Musk of using “dangerous and inflammatory” language at the Unite The Kingdom protest on Saturday.
Tesla and X owner Musk was accused of “incitement” at the weekend after calling for “revolutionary government change” at the far-right rally led by agitator Tommy Robinson in London.
Musk joined the protest via video link and claimed “massive uncontrolled migration” was contributing to the “destruction of Britain”.
He claimed a “dissolution of Parliament” is needed and told the crowd that “violence is coming”.
It was not the first time Musk had waded into British politics, having started a war of words with the UK Government over the grooming gangs scandal.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesperson has now said the language used by Musk threatened "violence and intimidation on our streets".
The spokesperson said: “The UK is a fair, tolerant and decent country.
“The last thing the British people want is this sort of dangerous and inflammatory language which threatens violence and intimidation on our streets.
"I don’t think the British public will have any truck with that kind of language.”
It comes after Starmer rejected the Union flag being used as a symbol of “violence, fear, and division”.
The Labour leader has since been accused of "wrapping himself in flags" and emboldening the far-right by former Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie.
“Starmer’s complete failure to acknowledge the severe far-right threat the country is facing is extraordinary," Harvie told The National.
"Honesty is needed, acknowledging both the present danger posed by men like Farage, Robinson and Musk, and Britain’s long history of racism and colonialism.”
Between 110,000 and 150,000 people turned out for the protest, significantly exceeding the estimates of organisers, while around 5000 “anti-racism” campaigners mounted a counter-protest.
Business Secretary Peter Kyle said the UK Government is determined to “start to bring communities back together again”, but he conceded so far it is “something that we have not solved”.
The LibDems have called on the UK Government to go beyond words and block Tesla from any UK Government contracts.
Leader Ed Davey has written to Starmer accusing Musk of a “reckless and dangerous assault” on British values and has called on major political leaders to call out his behaviour.
A petition has also been launched to ban Musk from the UK following his comments at the protest and has quickly amassed 2000 signatures.
“We call on the Home Secretary to act following Musk's vile words and hatred stirring at the 'Unite The Kingdom' rally. Sign our petition now and get Elon Musk banned,” the petition reads.
“Elon Musk's vile rhetoric means he has no right to set foot in the UK."
Musk called the political left “the party of murder” in reference to the death of Charlie Kirk, the Donald Trump ally and co-founder of right-wing young organisation Turning Point USA who was shot last week.
He said that the British public are “scared to exercise their free speech” and claimed the BBC was “complicit in the destruction of Britain”.
He said he wanted to appeal to “British common sense” and “the reasonable centre, the people who ordinarily wouldn’t get involved in politics”
“My message is to them: if this continues, that violence is going to come to you, you will have no choice,” he added.
