Tech boss was addressing the ‘unite the kingdom’ protest organised by Tommy Robinson via video link

Elon Musk has called for a “dissolution of parliament” and a “change of government” in the UK while addressing the crowd attending the “unite the kingdom” rally, organised by the far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson.

The X owner, who dialled in via a video link and spoke to Robinson while thousands of attenders watched along, also railed against the “woke mind virus” and told the crowd that “violence is coming” and that “you either fight back or you die”.

Speaking at the rally, he said: “I really think that there’s got to be a change of government in Britain. You can’t – we don’t have another four years, or whenever the next election is, it’s too long. Something’s got to be done. There’s got to be a dissolution of parliament and a new vote held.”

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    He’s a foreign fascist interfering in British politics. Shut down all his business operations in Britain and expropriate the assets.

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    Is he English? Why is he trying to influence another country’s politics?

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    Firstly, what is this “we?” Did he move to the UK? No? Then why the fuck is he acting like he has a say?

    Secondly, he sounds actually deranged based on the quotes. I feel more and more like conservatism should be classified as a mental illness.

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      I think the ‘we’ is referring to fascists, not British citizens.

      And alarmingly, that’s not even a joke. There’s a clear cult of personality thing being whipped up, and I legit don’t see what he’s got in common with the baying mob other than racism, fascism, and a taste for violence.

      Why would so many people be convinced to bus up and down the country spewing hate at migrant hotels, raising flags everywhere like we’ve fallen to USA levels of idiocy, at the behest of a man who doesn’t share their: country, nationality, culture, religion, class, upbringing, life path / experience, financial or social position or priorities, or literally anything other than… well, I can’t think of anything other than fascism, unhappiness, and probably the petulant anger of someone who can’t figure out why nobody likes or respects them.

      And I don’t think many of them are consciously aware of the unhappiness or thwarted desire to be a valuable member of society, so fascism it is.

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      He ran out his welcome in the US government and now he’s trying to worm his way in to the UK government.

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      When he says “we” he means the white race. The guy’s a flesh and blood 4chan board who inherited blood wealth from daddy’s emerald mine.

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    Oh that’s a great idea. You see how the U.S. government is crumbling and pedophiles are being protected by the people doing it to strip away any chance of justice. And people are being assassinated at oddly convenient time to help the pedophiles and their investment banker friends.

    Listen to Elon. The guy who is literally instigating a second civil war for the the U.S. You too can achieve the American dream.

    BTW he’s on the list!

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/13/jeffrey-epstein-emails-wealth

    Double btw they want to take away our passports for questioning war policies of another country. That’s kinda goofy huh 😜 https://theintercept.com/2025/09/13/marco-rubio-revoke-us-passports-terrorism/

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    Tommy Robinson

    That’s the name he took on to come across more blue collar. His real name is:

    Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon

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    We should make a rule that billionaires are only allowed to destabilize one democratic nation state at a time.

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    Blind disabled granny with a free Palestine sign: jailed
    Foreign billionaire destroying democracy: aww you staaapth 🤭

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    Cool. Charge him with treason and throw him in jail if he ever decides to pay the U.K a visit again, then.

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        An interesting point - I checked, and as far as I can tell, non-citizens can be charged with treason in the U.K, so long as they are considered under the jurisdiction of the U.K - “alien residents” for example are covered, and probably temporary visitors to the country as well. It would likely be up to judicial interpretation whether attempting the coup virtually would qualify, but I’d assume it might.

        The serious take would be that this comment is too mild to qualify for treason, but one could always hope.

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          Too mild when said by Musk. Now imagine if a queer colored disabled Muslim immigrant said the same thing. They could definitely make these very words count as treason but fear repercussions and bad international press when Musk is the target. You know even his ex, Trump, would come back running to save him from the evil colonialists.

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    The Napoleon complex on Musk is reaching epic proportions.

    And just like Napoleon, he wants you to revolt to be crowned emperor afterwards.

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      A Napoleon complex, as I understand it, is when a high achiever feels insecure due to a reasonably insignificant, but noticeable, flaw, and gets so bitter and defensive about it that it draws attention from their achievements to the flaw and their bitterness.

      Eg, man rises to the top of his country, conquers others, spreads and empire that, for all its flaws, revolutionised global concepts and uptake of democracy, human rights etc. English critics mainly focus whether he’s a few inches shorter than average.

      Whereas Elon: did not do any of that, and the ‘minor flaws’ are his remarkable personal anti-magnetism.

      It’s absolutely unbelievable that the richest man in the world still can’t get any friends, let alone partners, who can stick around longer than a year or so. He was brought up with the finest education money could buy and every opportunity, and has not managed to invent, discover, or excel at anything other than buying things.

      Not only has he not conquered a multitude of countries or spread anything other than anger and personal dissatisfaction, he couldn’t even rise to the top of his own country.

      And, not being funny, his own country was not the stiffest competition in the field of ‘really respectable, well liked, competent people’. White South Africans do not dominate the league tables of Cool Chill Folk Who Fairly Earned Their Worldwide Respect, and all he had to do was keep buying companies and collecting money and not being such a raging wanker as to be a threat to multiple countries’ national security. That is such an achingly low bar, and I truly do not believe anyone except Musk could have failed to clear it.

      TLDR: Napoleon ruled his country and many others, leaving a new global standard for law, human rights, freedom, and democracy (which is even more impressive considering he was a kinda imperialist knob).

      Musk’s talents are being astronomically rich, and against all odds, setting a new global standard for ‘that white South African pro-apartheid guy who turned out to be unusually racist and anti-meritocracy’. How bad do you have to be before billions of people would recognise you from that description? The man was born on a golden throne and has managed to make a name as the most distasteful turd in the open sewer miles away.

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    Rät - Penelope Scott

    [Verse 1]
    I come from scientists and atheists and white men who kill God
    They make technology high quality, complex, physiological
    Experiments and sacrilege in the name of public good
    They taught me everything, just like a daddy should
    
    [Verse 2]
    And you were beautiful and vulnerable and power and success
    God damn, I fell for you, your flamethrowers, your tunnels, and your tech
    I studied code because I wanted to do something great like you
    And the real tragedy is half of it was true
    
    [Bridge 1]
    But we’ve been fuckin’ mean, we’re elitist, we’re as flawed as any church
    And this faux-rad West coast dogma has a higher fuckin’ net worth
    I bit the apple ’cause I trusted you
    It tastes like Thomas Malthus
    Your proposal is immodest and insane
    And I hope someday Selmers rides her fuckin’ train
    
    [Chorus]
    I loved you, I loved you, I loved you, it’s true
    I wanted to be you and do what you do
    I lived here, I loved here, I thought it was true
    I feel so stupid, and so used
    I feel so used
    
    [Verse 3]
    I was your baby, your firstborn, the hot girl in your comp-sci class
    And I was Darwin’s prep school dream bred born and raised to kick your ass
    I fell for circuit boards, rocket ships, pictures of the stars
    If you could only be what you pretend you are
    
    [Verse 4]
    When I said take me to the moon I never meant take me alone
    I thought if mankind toured the sky it meant that all of us could go
    But I don’t want to see the stars if they’re just one more piece of land
    For us to colonize, for us to turn to sand
    
    [Bridge 2]
    ‘Cause we’re so fuckin’ mean, we’re so elitist, we’re as fucked as any church
    And this bullshit West coast dogma has a higher fuckin’ net worth
    I bit the apple ’cause I loved you, and why would you lie?
    And then I realized that you’re just as naïve as I am
    Oh, you’re so traumatized it makes me want to cry
    
    [Chorus]
    You dumb *removed*
    I loved you, I loved you, I loved you, it’s true
    I wanted to be you and do what you do
    I lived here, I loved here, I bought it, it’s true
    I’m so embarrassed, I feel abused
    
    [Verse 5]
    Well I don’t want to eat the rich, I’d have to eat my heroes first
    And my tuition’s paid by blood, I might deserve your fate or worse
    But I don’t need your god damn money, I don’t need jack shit from you
    So when I speak, you bet your life my words are true
    
    [Verse 6]
    Let me level with you man, as someone guilty of the game
    I took the help, I took the cash, I would’ve taken your last name
    So if any girl on Earth should get to make a call about this, it should be me
    And as I see it, you’re a dick
    
    [Bridge 3]
    So fuck your tunnels, fuck your cars, fuck your rockets, fuck your cars again
    You promised you’d be Tesla, but you’re just another Edison
    ‘Cause Tesla broke a patent, all you ever broke were hearts
    I can’t believe you tore humanity apart
    With the very same machines that could have been our brand new start
    
    [Chorus]
    And the worst part is
    I loved you, I loved you, I loved you, it’s true
    And sometimes I feel like I still fuckin’ do
    I lived here, I loved here, I bought it, it’s true
    I’m so embarrassed, I feel abused
    I feel so used
    I feel so used
    Take me to the moon
    ‘Cause I feel so used
    

    Lyrics: https://lyricsvin.com/rat-lyrics-penelope-scott/