a standing army of 6,000 police officers was preparing for a new wave of violence at 39 demonstrations planned around the UK.
There was fury that Mr Musk used far-right messages and images to attack Sir Keir personally as he appeared to fan the flames of discontent - on Tuesday as he also claimed that his site X is “the UK’s biggest source of news” at a time when his own messages appeared to repeat fake claims.
Most damaging was his tweet with the hashtag #twotierkeir – a far-right claim which has been used to justify the riots - allegation is police are afraid of being branded racist so will not tackle violent Muslim demonstrators, including those making antisemitic chants. Ironically, the “two-tier” claim from Mr Musk came just as a lawyer for a Muslim man who was kicked in the head at Manchester airport alleged the police were racist.