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To think that Musk is now overstepping himself and the UK gvt should threaten action

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Bogginsthe3rd · 07/01/2025 02:02

Musk has just posted this on twitter (among other unhinged tweets). To me this reads as a thinly veiled threat to democratically elected UK MPs and actually the UK government should consider sanctions to the US if he continues this attack when he enters the White House?

To think that Musk is now overstepping himself and the UK gvt should threaten action
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FKAT · 07/01/2025 16:25

Didn't Brazil close Twitter when he started interfering there? China don't take any shit either. The only language bullies understand.

Is this parody? It's hard to tell lately.

BIossomtoes · 07/01/2025 16:07

madgesb · 07/01/2025 16:05

I think we're getting crossed wires here. I wasn't commenting on Jo Cox?

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I was. She was mentioned in my post that your deleted one replied to.

madgesb · 07/01/2025 16:05

BIossomtoes · 07/01/2025 16:04

This. It was highly distasteful in response to a post that referenced Jo Cox and the very real danger all MPs, but particularly women, currently face.

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I think we're getting crossed wires here. I wasn't commenting on Jo Cox?

BIossomtoes · 07/01/2025 16:04

ilovesooty · 07/01/2025 15:56

You were dismissive of the very real potential risk to MPs and their personal safety especially when two MPs have been fatally attacked in recent years. I imagine that was why several people objected to your post.

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This. It was highly distasteful in response to a post that referenced Jo Cox and the very real danger all MPs, but particularly women, currently face.

FOJN · 07/01/2025 16:03

Lalgarh · 07/01/2025 15:50

This may explain his latest drama queen shit

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/05/tesla-is-now-fighting-for-its-future-elon-musk/

Do you think the headline and the substance of the article are well matched?

Maybe Tesla is in trouble but that article didn't provide any evidence of it.

Sales in 2024 1.79 million down from 1.8 million in 2023 and a share price which is a bit lower than it was in December after a year which saw it start at 250, drop to 150 before peaking just above 450 and is now sitting at 400.

madgesb · 07/01/2025 15:56

ilovesooty · 07/01/2025 15:56

You were dismissive of the very real potential risk to MPs and their personal safety especially when two MPs have been fatally attacked in recent years. I imagine that was why several people objected to your post.

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Well that's not the way I intended it, I'm sorry.

ilovesooty · 07/01/2025 15:56

madgesb · 07/01/2025 15:53

And I meant it's dangerous to say crimes have happened before they have in - the topic of the film is all I meant!!

You were dismissive of the very real potential risk to MPs and their personal safety especially when two MPs have been fatally attacked in recent years. I imagine that was why several people objected to your post.

madgesb · 07/01/2025 15:53

And I meant it's dangerous to say crimes have happened before they have in - the topic of the film is all I meant!!

MellersSmellers · 07/01/2025 15:53

Actually, you know what - I think we should all just ignore him now. He's revelling in all this limelight. He doesn't have anything interesting or useful to add to our national discourse.

madgesb · 07/01/2025 15:51

EasternStandard · 07/01/2025 15:49

Not sure why mentioning a film is an issue.

Email mnhq, maybe they can say why

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I think a couple of posters misread it as the film is called Minority Report, I think they just read the title of the film, not sure how but contacting Mumsnet to ask.

Lalgarh · 07/01/2025 15:50

This may explain his latest drama queen shit

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/05/tesla-is-now-fighting-for-its-future-elon-musk/

EasternStandard · 07/01/2025 15:49

madgesb · 07/01/2025 14:47

Why was my post deleted anyway. I said it was scary to project future crimes onto things that hadn't happened referencing the Tom Cruise film. Why is that disgusting?

Not sure why mentioning a film is an issue.

Email mnhq, maybe they can say why

EasternStandard · 07/01/2025 15:47

Abhannmor · 07/01/2025 15:31

Didn't Brazil close Twitter when he started interfering there? China don't take any shit either. The only language bullies understand.

Do you want to follow China with state controlled media?

madgesb · 07/01/2025 15:46

ilovesooty · 07/01/2025 15:46

Ask MNHQ if you want to know. There is an email address to contact them.

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Yes I will thank you.

ilovesooty · 07/01/2025 15:46

madgesb · 07/01/2025 14:47

Why was my post deleted anyway. I said it was scary to project future crimes onto things that hadn't happened referencing the Tom Cruise film. Why is that disgusting?

Ask MNHQ if you want to know. There is an email address to contact them.

TooBigForMyBoots · 07/01/2025 15:40

Annabella92 · 07/01/2025 15:30

He is a shitposter for sure. But he has every right to comment publicly surely. Its not like he's having secret meetings with the PM, now that really is influence! (No clamour on mumsnet for the minutes of Bill Gates meeting with Starmer recently)

What lies, can you tell me what things are untrue

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That the UK needs liberating from a tyrannical government.

iwishihadaname · 07/01/2025 15:38

Annabella92 · 07/01/2025 15:32

I'd like to be liberated from Starmers government.

Bet you'd have loved celebrities criticising Johnson when he was in power and be liberated from him.

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Then vote for another party if celbs were British they can criticise their own government and prime minister like anyone else. I never voted for labour but they won so here we are Musk is not British and he said he wants to liberate uk like they have done like other countries they have done that by going to war with said country.

OrchardDoor · 07/01/2025 15:33

He's a rabble rouser. Yes, there will always be a minority of lower intelligence people who will fall for it, but the best thing the rest of us can do is ignore him. It's what he least wants us to do. He's basically a tantruming toddler who wants attention.

Annabella92 · 07/01/2025 15:32

iwishihadaname · 07/01/2025 15:29

he thinks uk needs to be liberated from our government. If the uk people wish this they will vote them out at next election I for one would stand up against the American army
if Americans did invade I wonder how many would want to leave uk and no way to but to cross the channel on small boats.

I'd like to be liberated from Starmers government.

Bet you'd have loved celebrities criticising Johnson when he was in power and be liberated from him.

Abhannmor · 07/01/2025 15:31

Didn't Brazil close Twitter when he started interfering there? China don't take any shit either. The only language bullies understand.

Annabella92 · 07/01/2025 15:30

TooBigForMyBoots · 07/01/2025 15:26

He's King of the Trolls and now he's set all is troll minions on the UK government armed with bullshit and lies.

He is a shitposter for sure. But he has every right to comment publicly surely. Its not like he's having secret meetings with the PM, now that really is influence! (No clamour on mumsnet for the minutes of Bill Gates meeting with Starmer recently)

What lies, can you tell me what things are untrue

iwishihadaname · 07/01/2025 15:29

he thinks uk needs to be liberated from our government. If the uk people wish this they will vote them out at next election I for one would stand up against the American army
if Americans did invade I wonder how many would want to leave uk and no way to but to cross the channel on small boats.

Annabella92 · 07/01/2025 15:28

Goldenbear · 07/01/2025 14:37

My god where did you acquire those reasoning skills, the big book of bogus politics!

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Can you explain what the matter is with Musk remarking on this matter then? If its not that you don't want people to look because what they see looks bad. I'd love it if someone could.

TooBigForMyBoots · 07/01/2025 15:26

He's King of the Trolls and now he's set all is troll minions on the UK government armed with bullshit and lies.

Annabella92 · 07/01/2025 15:26

BIossomtoes · 07/01/2025 14:33

It doesn’t matter where the abuse was coming from. Its source is irrelevant.

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Disagree. Phillips won by a slim margin, less than 700 votes against a pro-Palestine Islamic convert. That constituency is approaching 50% Muslim population, with a proportion of those considering it haram to vote in parliamentary elections. She cannot afford to alienate Muslims. So naturally, she will do the absolute bare minimum she can't get away with when it comes to protecting or securing justice for those girls.