It’s handbags at dawn between Elon Musk and Keir Starmer’s Labour Government, says Jawad Iqbal in the Spectator. It’s a funny way of showing Britain is “open for business”. Here’s an excerpt.
The Tesla billionaire and owner of Twitter is hopping mad after being denied an invitation to a Government-led tech summit due to take place next month. In response Musk – certainly no one’s idea of a shrinking violet – said on X: “I don’t think anyone should go to the U.K. when they’re releasing convicted paedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts.” He appeared to be referring to the prisoner early release scheme, initiated by the Labour government to ease pressure on a prison system it has claimed is “on the point of collapse” due to a lack of capacity.
The spat is over the International Investment summit, scheduled to start on October 14th. The Government hopes it will provide a boost for investment in the U.K. two weeks before the Autumn budget. The event is being hosted by Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, and Jonathan Reynolds, the Business Secretary, with the avowed aim of showing that the U.K. is “open for business”. Leaving Musk out of the conversation might be considered a touch eccentric, if not downright stupid. Whichever way you look at it, closing the door to one of the world’s richest and most prominent entrepreneurs is certainly an odd way of signalling openness to investment.
What exactly is behind such folly? It follows a spat between Musk and the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over the role that social media platforms played in the summer riots. Violent unrest flared across Britain after three children were killed in a knife attack in Southport. Starmer issued a warning to social media companies at the time: “Violent disorder was clearly whipped up online. That is also a crime. It is happening on your premises, and the law must be upheld everywhere.” Spoken like the public prosecutor Starmer used to be.
Musk – as anyone will tell you – doesn’t respond too well to feedback or criticism. He was quick to offer his own explanation of the root cause of the rioting, blaming Britain’s multiculturalism: “If incompatible cultures are brought together without assimilation, conflict is inevitable,” he wrote, adding on a post of a police arrest: “Is this Britain or the Soviet Union?” This provocative counter narrative certainly rattled cages in Government, with ministers condemning the comments as “totally unjustifiable” and “pretty deplorable”. Hence the apparent cold-shouldering of Musk.
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Musk seems to be a bit like Farage, having a knack of identifying what chimes with many of us proles.
For which he must get a sound thrashing.
If there is a thrashing Nudk will win.
Ah well. At least they didn’t call Musk a neo-Nazi sociopath. I mean, imagine trying to recover a working relationship from something like that.
Now, now, Lammy, calm down.
Well Elon Musk, who won’t be in a hurry to invest in the UK now, is entirely correct. Paedophiles are being let off without doing jail time. I’d much rather rub shoulders in society with people who’ve posted anti-establishment opinions and ‘offensive’ memes online, or who’ve attended a protest and chanted ”Who the f*ck is Allah?” than men who’ve been caught in possession of child sex abuse images. But as it stands we’re left mixing with the paedos, because for some reason they’re another lot that seemingly get special treatment and won’t have to worry about being sent to jail ever, apparently.
I understand that Labour can’t legitimately be blamed exclusively for this because it isn’t a new thing. I believe the paedo-sympathizing judges have always let these human scum off, so the Tories need to do some explaining here as well, because what exactly is the rationale behind such lenient treatment of these creeps in particular, because it’s hardly proportionate in terms of the punishment fitting the crime, is it? They are complicit in abusing children. The fact that this is only really now on everybody’s radar is due to Starmer’s overzealous tyranny when it comes to people exercising their right to free speech, and he doesn’t like the type of speech that people are saying/sharing. Paedophiles getting off Scott free is only front and centre of everybody’s awareness now because of how concerned ( white, working class, mainly ) citizens, that have had enough and are speaking out, are being treat. Both by the Stasi goon squads and by the courts.
So if you can get sent to jail for posting an ‘offensive’ meme/opinion and you won’t do jail time if you’re caught with child abuse images, what would happen if you post those child sex abuse images online, say on Facebook? Or is it just the fact you’ve got 1000 images on your own device that only you alone can view that somehow lets you off the hook and makes everything a non-custodial offence? Because my mind boggles if this is in fact the deciding factor on whether someone gets sent down or not. A paedophile is a paedophile, full stop. They aren’t victims, they don’t get to have anyone’s sympathy. They are all ‘accidents’ waiting to happen and this sick sh*t must never ever be normalized, whether you’ve ever inappropriately laid a hand on a kid or not, you’re sick in the head, because you gain sadistic pleasure from seeing plenty of other people doing it.
”Former BBC news reader Huw Edwards is free to walk the streets despite asking for images of CHILD RAPE to be sent to him.
Huw Edwards is a pedophile and the UK justice system believes it is right and proper that he WALKS FREE.
Today, several men and women are behind bars for raising their voice at police.
Today, Huw Edwards is walking the streets of so-called “Great” Britain, probably nearby to innocent children. He might even be licking his lips while leering at them.
Please do not even attempt to argue that he was given a six-month sentence, suspended for two years. Huw Edwards is a free man, plain and simple. Free to be turned on by children being raped.
How can any one ever listen to another word Starmer says on any subject whatsoever?
How can Starmer lead this country after such a ruling?
Who wants to live in such a country any more? A country that – clearly – welcomes pedophilia on its streets.”
https://uncut.substack.com/p/what-if-huw-edwards-had-an-erect
It is becoming rather obvious that Kneel has a somewhat dodgy history which is why he seems to be so keen on normalising what many would regard as deviant sexual activities. And this business with Lord Ali has a lot more to it than we are being told.
The stench of corruption and perversity is decidedly high.
Well these video clips are 10 a penny and 99.99% are called ‘Mohammed’. It’s where these organized groups of nonce-hunters pose as children online ( I’m not sure which platform they use ) and start chatting, which gradually becomes more explicit and then they arrange to meet up with said nonce who’s anticipating abusing them, but it’s these vigilante people who nab them then ring for the police. It’s always migrants and people on student visas. I’ve huge respect for the people that feel strongly enough to get off their arses and do this because you’d like to think it makes a difference, but if the non-justice the white native paedos receive is anything to go by, coupled by the fact the UK aren’t exactly deporting migrants by the boatload, I’d bet the farm these slimy douchebags that are out to prey on kids will just get a slap on the wrist.
This is why these Pakistani ( I’m confident other nationalities are available ) rape gangs will never ever go away, because of ‘men’ like this out there that just keep adding to the numbers. I mean, I think we all know by now what Pakistan’s biggest export is! They need to be deporting them en masse, ”one strike and you’re out”, sort of thing. There’s absolutely no excuse for not learning something as basic as a country’s laws, as well as customs and values, before you embark on your journey to reach your destination. They know they’re coming somewhere that’s poles apart on every level from the Islamic, Sharia-governed, patriarchal, paedo-friendly, terrorist-spawning hellscape that they’re accustomed to. It’s like a night and day contrast, so ignorance as an excuse doesn’t fly;
”UK : Huddersfield – Mohammed Ismail, from Syria, attempted to rape a 13-year-old British girl, caught by British patriots. Mohammed says, “I don’t know it’s illegal; 13 is not a child.”
https://x.com/Shunyaa00/status/1840068986215563609
”Meet Mohammed from Afghanistan, who groomed a 13-year-old child. He sent multiple indecent images, including his erect penis & naked body.
He said on intercourse “you will know it & feel it when we meet.”
The man says he’s caught 600+ pedos they all say never again. One he caught 4 times.
His wife is in Afghanistan.”
https://x.com/DaveAtherton20/status/1840100677487386902
How about the role that the GUV, past & present, [played] in it? More to the point.
Musk is well out of it.
the idea that even higher regulations, even higher taxes, ever more pay rises to the public secrets, ever more DEI and even more anti business rhetoric would bring more business here is farcical.
add in massive taxes on non-dons and you have to wonder why any international business would come here.
Labour plans to take us back to the1979s. Will they reintroduce exchange controls.
Keir fixed it for Jimmy Saveloy
I hope Musk scuppers their International Investment Summit.
Perhaps he could ban anyone involved in Keir-ching’s Regime, including the Civil Service and the Quangocracy, from using Twitter.
I know which one of the two I trust least and it isn’t Musk!