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

Why does he need to leave the UK alone?

He does. Where have you been?

It’s just mass hysteria. It was the same for Farage and Trump for years.

Trump is about to be President for the second time and Farage just went mainstream.

These people just like to regurgitate what they see in the guardian, without really knowing much more.

Still not for Elon Musk to become involved. Why doesn’t he involve himself in other countries politics then if he deems himself superior. He needs to leave the UK alone!

Sanction the US? With what? What can this country possibly sanction the US with and with?

Just the words sound comical.

Can you direct me to where you've said the same about Bill Gates or George Soros et al? Musk is one of a long line of interfering billionaires. But I don't recall seeing a single post about this, let alone several threads a day hysteria. The myopic ignorance people reveal about their knowledge of politics is disturbing.

Eh?

And what can this pathetic government do? Are they going to go and kneel in front of Trump and beg him to deport Musk to face court?

Let’s see if they can beg him to spare tarrifs first.

You seem to have some weird misconceptions that as a country we are strong enough to do anything.

It wasn’t that long ago that the Chinese were laughing at us when their diplomat openly said that UK should stay in its lane, it’s an increasingly declining irrelevant little island getting ideas above its station.

Trump advisor called the UK ambassador a moron just a few weeks ago. That’s the labour ‘grandee’ Peter Mandelson who orchestrated nu Labour coming to power. They are laughing at the ambassador publicly.

Musk is publicly humiliating this government publicly every day and there is not a thing they can do about it.

Oh how far this country has fallen.

We’ve had the investigations - we now need to get on with action. Attention needs to be on police in particular - how they respond and what action they take. And for Conservatives to try to turn this into a party political point is truly disgusting. Would they like to discuss exactly what their administrations have done over the last 14 years? Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips are not at the top of my list of ineffective politicians on the safety of women and girls.

And no, we’re not going to sanction the US - but I would hope that quiet words will be had by diplomats as the Trump administration takes office. I also think it probably won’t be long before Trump decides he’s had enough of another big ego in the White House.

’Thousands’ is not hyperbole, sadly:

“No one knows the true scale of child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Rotherham over the years. Our conservative estimate is that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited over the full inquiry period.”

(Source: Alexis Jay, Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham, 2014)

That’s just one town, and the report was a decade ago. There are at least 30 towns involved.

True that not all the perpetrators are foreigners (most in Rotherham were British Pakistani), but large numbers have been.

Minimising the scale of this is not the right way to go.

I don't care who raises this sordid issue so long as it keeps being raised. Those girls deserve better from their elected and appointed officials.

I hope this stays in the news until local politicians and senior officers in those areas have all been shamed into being wholly honest about their conduct.

Actually finding it a bit fascinating.

Purely from a political theory...

The thing is the Overton window has been pushed quite far to one side, and some of what he said is probably designed to be shocking yes but to push it back the other way a bit.

Sanctions to the us? That will never happen.
Ever.

I’ve made it clear in my family that no one will be allowed to park a Tesla on our drive.

I closed my twitter account when he took it over.

And I’ve disliked the idiot for years. Both DH and my DSs thought I was over reacting - but the signs were there when he labelled the diving rescue expert who rejected his ‘device’ a paedophile. Who the hell behaves like that? A total moron, that’s who. DS2 is very anti- drugs - so I’ve just shown him the reports about Musk’s ketamine use.

Actually I am grateful for this information. Why a foreign born rapist should not be deported is extraordinary to me.

The scary thing is though that power isn't Trump’s to give in this brave new world. It’s ours. He has a megaphone into each of our homes via our technology. Yes we each of us give Musk power by taking him seriously, but at the same time, we have to take him seriously because he is a real threat. The power was given years ago when we (primarily the Americans, but us too) allowed him to amass such wealth and social influence.

I hope those who allowed him to purchase Twitter realise what damage they did, for money.

He didn’t seem bothered when the Conservative government rejected calls for an inquiry into the Telford rape gangs.

completely agree.

Britain feels fine bullying other countries over human rights issues but hate it when they receive criticism for their own abuses.

If you can dish it out, you can take it

Starmer wanted the UK government to take action against the USA after George Floyd but gets upset when it comes back at him. He is the biggest hypocrite going.

Do you even know his views on the topic?

His kids are created via IVF after all

And the idea of sanctioning the US is frankly idiotic.

I don’t actually think he’s dangerous.

He’s deranged, but while people keep feeding his ego by retweeting and talking about him and his tweets they are giving him power.

There are already rumours of a rift between him and Trump developing, that’s what happens when you stick two manic ego’s together.

But the reality is that he doesn’t actually have power, he has money, but he can only have that power if people give it to him.

Trump isn’t going to give him power. There is not a chance of that. And trump is not likely to live out this term.

sanctioning the US is a ludicrous idea. Deleting X off your device would be a good start.

Not sure if the op was serious but sanctions will just get a bigger walloping back. The US wouldn’t be hurt, we would be though

Agree with pp Musk is getting so many hits as people amplify his posts on SM not just X

@Beesandhoney123 I did that recently. Twitter is a useful tool but there was too much extremism on there. It's very easy for me to get sucked in.

Musk is that embarrassing uncle with the extreme views your gran insisted you ask to Christmas dinner and who ruins your day. He knows now he's got Twitter the power he wields, he's now telling national governments what to do, I think the best thing our Government could do is ignoring him. In my ideal world I wish they would make it difficult for Tesla & X to trade in the UK but that's nigh on impossible.

The issues musk has raised are right to be raised. Muddying the waters over who raised them us a pathetic attempt at distraction. Don't care about Musk motives, and he certainly has pressed a few buttons to get this gov reaction.

There should be a public enquiry for the mass abuse, rape and apathy on helping the children. There should be arrests and action. Its a national scandal.