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.
Calling for Musk to be banned from UK and its airspace is just ridiculous “Britain banned Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Ja Rule and Michael Savage for a lot less than inciting race riots and winking towards a civil war in our country. Keir Starmer should ban Elon Musk from entering the UK and using our airspace.” is what some want and are saying
Scottish secretary Ian Murray also put out a warning that the unrest could spread to Scotland