But he behaves like a child

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Ophelia Benson

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Musk not invited to party.

The world’s richest person, Elon Musk, has hit back [retorted] after not being invited to the UK government’s International Investment Summit. He was not invited due to his social media posts during last month’s riots, the BBC understands.

“I don’t think anyone should go to the UK when they’re releasing convicted pedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts,” Mr Musk claimed on X. Earlier this month, the government released some prisoners to reduce prison overcrowding, but no-one serving sentences for sex offences were [was] included.

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David Yelland, a public relations specialist and former editor of the Sun newspaper, told the BBC that if Mr Musk were to attend the summit, it would be “reputationally disastrous for the whole event”.

“He’s a fan of free speech but he behaves like a child and he posts things that are deeply inaccurate and extremely damaging,” he said. “This is not just a guy that is saying stuff in the pub. This is a guy that is encouraging untruths around the world.”

And that’s from a former editor of the Sun.

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2 responses to “But he behaves like a child”

  1. Sackbut Avatar
    Sackbut

    I was going to say that the quoted bit is quite minor compared to other things he’s said, but I checked the article, and it also mentions:

    Following disorder and rioting across the UK in August, some people were jailed for encouraging unrest on social media.

    During the August riots, Mr Musk posted on X, formerly Twitter, predicting civil war in the UK and repeatedly attacking the prime minister.

    He also shared, and later deleted, a conspiracy theory about the UK building “detainment camps” on the Falkland Islands for rioters.

    Yeah, he does go off the rails, and those are some good examples. He does behave like a child, and not just in his posts on social media.

  2. Tim Harris Avatar
    Tim Harris

    Yes, what a ‘hit-back’. The man’s a petulant child. He seems to have a thing about pedophiles. Remember the cave in Thailand?

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