Social media: Elon Musk supports British right-wing extremists

US multi-billionaire Elon Musk is continuing his public support for right-wing extremists and accusations against elected politicians in Europe in the new year. After he recently shot at Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), whom he insulted as a “fool” and called Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier a “tyrant”, he is now turning the focus back to Great Britain.

On his X account, Musk campaigned for the currently imprisoned British right-wing extremist Tommy Robinson. The Tesla boss shared, among other things, a post from a Robinson supporter and commented on it with “Free Tommy”. He also shared Robinson’s account and other posts in which, among other things, the right-wing extremist and Islamophobic activist was described as a political prisoner.

Even Nigel Farage clearly distanced himself from Robinson

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is Britain’s best-known right-wing extremist. Even Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, whose Reform UK party received a lot of support from Musk, had clearly distanced himself from the 42-year-old in the past, accusing him of being close to violent criminals.

Musk, who has more than 200 million followers on X, is an adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump. He had recently expressed his support for the AfD several times in the federal election campaign.

Robinson is currently in prison for spreading false claims about a Syrian refugee despite a court injunction. In this context, he had already been sentenced to pay compensation of 100,000 pounds (approx. 120,000 euros) for defamation. The claims are also repeated in a video created by Robinson, which remains available on his X account, which has more than one million followers.

In addition to his support for Robinson, Musk again sharply attacked British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. He accused the Labor politician of having remained inactive as the former head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the fight against criminal rings of abusers, most of which consisted of perpetrators with Pakistani roots. However, Starmer, who headed the CPS between 2008 and 2013, said he only got the prosecution of the most high-profile case in Rochdale rolling.