By Sophie Perry
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Downing Street has branded Elon Musk’s language at a far-right rally in London as “dangerous and inflammatory”.
Musk, the boss of Tesla, X/Twitter and SpaceX, spoke via video link at the anti-immigration Unite the Kingdom rally organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson on Saturday (13 September).
The protest was attended by more than 100,000 people, with 24 arrests and 26 police officers left injured, including four seriously. Eight people have since been charged, including for assault and public order offences. Home secretary Shabana Mahmood said those found guilty of violence would “face the full force of the law”.
During a chat with Robinson broadcast during the rally, Musk said: “This is a message to the reasonable centre, the people who ordinarily wouldn’t get involved in politics, who just want to live their lives. They don’t want that, they’re quiet, they just go about their business.
“My message is to them: if this continues, that violence is going to come to you, you will have no choice. You’re in a fundamental situation here. Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth, I think.”
A spokesperson for prime minister Keir Starmer responded by saying that the UK was a “fair, tolerant and decent country”, The Guardian reported. “The last thing the British people want is this sort of dangerous and inflammatory language”.
Musk’s words threatened “violence and intimidation on our streets”, they added. “I don’t think the British public will have any truck with that kind of language.”
A Labour source also told The Independent: “Threats of violence have no place in our politics, and every politician who believes in democracy should distance themselves from these disgusting comments.”
Meanwhile, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey claimed Musk “doesn’t care about the British people or our rights” and “only cares about himself and his ego”.
Davey has written to Starmer, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK’s Nigel Farage, who was once a close friend of Musk, urging them to join him in publicly “condemning [the] dangerous remarks inciting violence” and to place sanctions on Musk.
“It should be simple: people who cheer on violence in the UK can’t enrich themselves with British taxpayers’ money,” Davey wrote on X. “That means, Elon Musk, no government contracts for you, no energy supply licence for you.”
YoU aRe A cRaVeN cOwArD https://t.co/fAoEknoVva pic.twitter.com/0sBErLriIR— Ed Davey (@EdwardJDavey) September 15, 2025
The tech billionaire responded by calling Davey a “craven coward”, prompting the MP for Kingston and Surbiton to hit back with a SpongeBob meme.
Earlier this year, Musk shared dozens of posts on X attacking Starmer and calling safeguarding minister Jess Phillips a “wicked witch” and “rape genocide apologist” who “deserves to be in jail”, in the wake of the government’s response to historical cases of child sexual exploitation gangs in the north of England..
Musk has also said former pal Farage “does not have what it takes” to lead Reform and called for “political prisoner” Robinson to be released from HMP Woodhill, in Milton Keynes, where he was serving an 18-month sentence – which was later reduced – for contempt of court.
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