Britain’s Hard-Right Reform U.K. Party Wins Over Some Labour Voters
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Britain’s Hard-Right Reform U.K. Party Wins Over Some Labour Voters

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Fewer than 6,000 people live in Trevethin and Penygarn, a gritty, deindustrialized district amid the hills and valleys of South Wales, and not many expected drama when a vote was called to elect a member of the local municipality, one of the lowest…

Opinion | Elon Musk’s Bizarre, Frightening Obsession With Britain
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Opinion | Elon Musk’s Bizarre, Frightening Obsession With Britain

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Keir Starmer, the newly elected prime minister, appeared to call Mr. Musk out. “To large social media companies and those who run them,” Mr. Starmer said at the time, “violent disorder, clearly whipped up online, that is also a crime.” Mr. Musk took…

The British Public Dislikes Elon Musk. He Can Still Sway Politics.
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The British Public Dislikes Elon Musk. He Can Still Sway Politics.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines While many of Mr. Musk’s posts, particularly those on grooming gangs, originated in the ecosystem of far-right bloggers and activists, they are also tempting to mainstream politicians in search of a cudgel to use against their opponents. And they appeal to editors and…

In Reversal, Musk Trashes Farage, U.K.’s Anti-Immigrant Populist
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In Reversal, Musk Trashes Farage, U.K.’s Anti-Immigrant Populist

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It was an abrupt turnabout, even for the easy-come, easy-go nature of alliances in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s political orbit. For weeks, Elon Musk, Mr. Trump’s billionaire backer, had wrapped his arms around the British populist politician, Nigel Farage, promoting his insurgent, anti-immigrant…