A senior government minister has called Elon Musk’s prediction that “violence is coming” to the UK “totally inappropriate”, but defended a London march organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson as “free speech”.
Addressing the march via video on Saturday, Musk urged attendees to “fight back or you die”. Peter Kyle, business secretary, on Sunday denounced the comments as “slightly incomprehensible and totally inappropriate”.
Between 110,000 and 150,000 people are thought to have attended the “Unite the Kingdom” rally, according to the Metropolitan Police. The event, which also saw about 5,000 people take part in a counter-protest organised by Stand Up To Racism, culminated in some violence, with a number of police officers being injured.