🚨Elon Musk has boosted the public profile of Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe on X, pulling Britain’s political discourse towards extreme content and amplifying his influence ahead of a knife-edge election in Makerfield
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Over the past week, Elon Musk has written more than 110 posts, retweets and replies about UK politics on his social media platform X, focusing on the murder of student Henry Nowak. ft.trib.al/5vWbQw9
🎓The £450,000 degree: overseas fees at top English universities are set to rise 29% over 4 years, adding thousands to degrees that can already cost >£85k a year
New @financialtimes.com analysis underlines the sector’s growing financial reliance on overseas students
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Read @amyborrett.ft.com and I's Restore "hit piece" — on how world's richest man Elon Musk is amplifying Rupert Lowe, the far-right nativist party's founder — for free here: as.ft.com/r/3ee6cd78-b...
In the wake of our @financialtimes.com article, the PM today made his strongest criticism of Musk to date
Starmer accused the billionaire of “trying to whip up division” and “interfering in our politics”
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The billionaire's interventions are “absolutely” a concern, @timbale.bsky.social told @financialtimes.com, noting the “obsessive quality" of Musk's interest in Britain.
Great to collaborate again with @rachel-rees.bsky.social and @joelsuss.ft.com for another political analysis of social media!
🚀 Elon Musk has shifted focus from SpaceX to UK politics, amplifying far-right voices to his 240mn followers.
We found a third of Musk's recent posts focused on the UK, a 10-year high, raising concern about his political influence ahead of a critical by-election.
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