The tech billionaire is interested in boosting support for another political party, particularly Reform UK
Elon Musk has held private talks with allies about how to oust Sir Keir Starmer as UK prime minister before the next general election, according to people briefed on the matter.
Musk, the world's richest man and a key confidant of US President-elect Donald Trump, is exploring how he and his right-wing allies can destabilize Britain's Labor government beyond the offensive posts. have released on their social media platform X, the people said. .
One of the people added, “They believe that Western civilization itself is in danger.
Musk has asked for information on whether it is possible to use alternative British political movements - particularly the right-wing populist Reform UK Party - to force a change of prime minister before the next election, according to colleagues. .
In the UK's parliamentary system, prime ministers wield power because they lead the party with the most MPs.
Several prime ministers in recent decades, including Sir Tony Blair and Boris Johnson, have won large majorities in elections, only to be kicked out mid-parliament due to their dwindling popularity.
The chief executive of Tesla, SpaceX and X, who Trump has appointed to co-lead a project to rein in US government spending, has taken a keen interest in British politics over the past six months, and on Stormers. There has been sharp criticism. Government
Over the past week he has called for a new national inquiry into the historic grooming cases of girls sexually abused by gangs of mainly British Pakistani men in several towns and cities across the UK.
Musk has accused Starmer, the former director of public prosecutions in England and Wales, of being "involved" in UK rap.
He has branded safeguarding minister Jess Phillips a "rape-genocide apologist" after rejecting Oldham Council's request for the Home Office to hold a Whitehall-led inquiry into the grooming scandal in the Greater Manchester town.
Starmer has strongly rejected Musk's criticisms of his time as prosecutor. He said on Monday that the "spreaders of lies and misinformation" were not interested in the victims but "in themselves". Phillips accused Musk of endangering his life.
Matt Goodwin, a right-wing political commentator, said Musk - and other Americans - had been "obsessed" with the grooming gang scandal in Britain over the past week because "it's so terrible".
But he said he also believed it was because Musk had a "natural distrust of the Labor government and Keir Starmer".
Musk has been contacted for comment.
In a surprise move over the weekend, Musk distanced himself from Nigel Farage, dashing the Reform UK leader's hopes that the billionaire would make a big donation to his party in the near future.
Musk said "the Reform Party needs a new leader" and that "Farege doesn't have what it takes".