Keir Starmer in fresh war of words with Elon Musk as billionaire issues warning over UK
It comes after the pair clashed over the summer over violent unrest sweeping Britain.
Sir Keir Starmer has once again entered into a war of words with X boss Elon Musk, after the US billionaire claimed people shouldn’t go to the UK.
Mr Musk said that people should avoid visiting Britain because Sir Keir is "releasing paedophiles to imprison people for social media posts".
The furious accusation came after months of tweets criticising the Prime Minister as "two-tier Keir" during the summer racism riots.
Reacting to the claim, Sir Keir dismissed the allegation, arguing: “What he said is in stark contrast to the very strong view around the breakfast table this morning."
The Prime Minister held a business roundtable breakfast meeting in New York on Thursday morning, as he aims to drum up investment into the UK.
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He continued: “They described this morning's meeting with the UK as the best of the meetings they've had this week at UNGA.
“That's their words, not mine, that there's really strong window of opportunity now with the UK, given the changes we've brought about, our number one mission on economic growth and to talk them through.”
Turning to Mr Musk specifically he said he would welcome investment into the UK by any of his businesses, despite the pair’s dire relationship.
The PM added: “Obviously, I encourage investment from anywhere, and so I don't want to be misunderstood on this.
“So good investment into the UK is what I'm very, very keen to promote.
“It's why I have this business. We had one here. But every time I'm abroad, every time on an international trip, we do these investment breakfasts, because I'm absolutely determined to get the investment that we need into the economy.”
The Prime Minister is hosting an investment summit in October, which he hopes will attract billions of pounds in inward funding for business.
However Mr Musk will not be present, having not been invited by the Government.
His claim that people shouldn’t visit the UK due to Sir Keir’s early release policy was sparked in response to him discovering the snub.
Yesterday the BBC reported that he was explicitly not invited by the Government because of his social media posts.
Mr Musk was invited to last year’s summit, but did not attend.
It is understood that a representative from Mr Musk’s company SpaceX has been invited, however.
The row is yet another blow to Mr Musk’s relationship with the UK government, which has worsened considerably since he was interviewed by Rishi Sunak in a fireside chat.
During the summer, Mr Musk claimed that “civil war is inevitable” following the breakdown in law and order.
