A PETITION has been launched to ban Elon Musk from the UK after he called for “revolutionary government change” at a London rally led by far-right agitator Tommy Robinson.
The X/Twitter owner joined Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” protest on Saturday via video link, and the comments he made have been widely condemned.
The tech billionaire claimed a “dissolution of Parliament” is needed and said “massive uncontrolled migration” was contributing to the “destruction of Britain”. He also told the crowd that “violence is coming” and that “you either fight back or you die”.
LibDem leader Ed Davey criticised the appearance, saying the UK’s democracy is “too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons”.
The Tesla boss has waded into British politics before, notably when he started a war of words with the UK Government over the grooming gangs scandal.
He has also criticised the UK’s Online Safety Act, calling the legislation a threat to free speech.
Now, a petition calling on the Home Secretary to act and ban the Tesla and X boss from entering the UK has been launched – quickly amassing over 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.”
Around 110,000 people were estimated by police to have gathered in Whitehall, London, for the “Unite the Kingdom” event, which faced counter-protests by around 5000 anti-racism campaigners.
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 youth organisation Turning Point USA who was shot last week.
“The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder. I mean, let that sink in for a minute, that’s who we’re dealing with here,” he said.
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.
“You’re in a fundamental situation here. Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you.
“You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth, I think.”
He also railed against the “woke mind virus” and said decisions for advancement should be on merit rather than “discrimination on the basis of sex, or religion or any race or anything else”.
He said: “A lot of the woke stuff is actually super-racist, it’s super-sexist and often it’s anti-religion, but only anti-Christian, like why anti-Christian? That’s unfair.
“This is why I give my message to the reasonable middle: ‘Do you not want a world where there is fairness, common sense and you advance as a function of how hard you work and your talent and your integrity?’.
“That should be all that matters, the woke mind virus, that I call it, is against all that.”
