11 resultsfor “Elon Musk influence on UK politics”
political influence. The charity Oxfam found that [a record number of billionaires were created last year](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/19/brazen-political-influence-rich-laid-bare-wealth-billionaires-inequality-poverty-instability-oxfam), taking the total above 3,000 for the first time. It reported that billionaires have collective
Elon Musk addressed the crowd by video link. The UK police are confident the latest event was [less than half the size](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/17/arrests-unite-the-kingdom-rally-pro-palestine-march-london). [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer), the UK prime minister, said
political pressure to tackle grooming gangs, which has become a key campaigning issue for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in Labour’s heartlands. The extra money also follows the damning resignation last week
political access under Trump. Last year, Marshall sat in the White House briefing room and asked Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s press secretary, if the US administration would consider asylum for British citizens “prosecuted for speech
influence, according to reports from [multiple](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/22/last-minute-lobbying-by-tech-industry-officials-led-trump-cancel-ai-order/) [news](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/21/trump-ai-order-sacks-00933295) [outlets](https://www.axios.com/2026/05/21/trump-ai-executive-order-postponed-why), with tech billionaires including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and former White House “AI czar” David Sacks personally urging
Elon Musk’s father, Errol, in a Moscow hotel. Robinson – who has been issuing calls for his supporters to take to the streets across the UK over a bloody knife attack in Belfast – shared video
political views, so long as hate speech laws were not broken. But officers'concerns were high because the last time Robinson staged a march, [an estimated 150,000 turned up](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwydezxl0xlo).
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Napster co-founder Sean Parker, who had [a Lord of the Rings-inspired wedding](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/tech/2013/09/sean-parker-wedding-story?srsltid=AfmBOorBE3TDefimZs-AmpyoDCL8UdahEgjTlZm9VQbvFC34jgSDHY4h). To Tolkien, machines symbolised the desire for power over others. There are obvious
Elon Musk, whose achievements, they say, are not met with “curiosity or genuine interest” but are instead dismissed by those who “snicker” at the South African-born businessman. Musk was heavily criticised for his role
UK charity Oxfam. Ranked alongside his peers, Musk will be more than three times richer than Google co-founder Larry Page, who is the world’s second-richest man, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
politics works here on Earth. And many think this is Musk's Icarus moment – when he flies too close to the sun. "I think it's an Elon Musk ego project," says Sinead O'Sullivan