Musk labels UK a 'tyrannical police state'

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, a key adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, described the United Kingdom as a "tyrannical police state" over the weekend and supported calls for a new election, News.az reports citing Newsmax.

"The people of Britain have had enough of a tyrannical police state," Musk posted on X, quoting a post about an online petition calling for another election that has now reached 2 million signatures.

It came a day after the Musk reposted a graph showing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's declining approval ratings, adding: "The voice of the people is a great antidote."

Musk has clashed for months with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who said in August tat the country was on the verge of a "civil war" after violent unrest in the U.K.

Asked about the petition during an interview on ITV's This Morning, Starmer said: "Look, I remind myself that very many people didn't vote Labour at the last election. I'm not surprised that many of them want a re-run. That isn't how our system works.

"There will be plenty of people who didn't want us in in the first place. So, what my focus is on is the decisions that I have to make everyday. The Prime Minister is focused on the issues that matter most to the British people."

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