Why Is Elon Musk Trolling Britain?

Why is the richest man in the world attacking the UK's political institutions?

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If you're following him on X, then Elon Musk's Britain is a terrifying place. “Civil War is inevitable,” he writes. According to what he posts and retweets, it's a Stalinist state where the unhappy citizens are screaming out for another election. “The people of Britain have had enough of a tyrannical police state,” he posts.

The richest man in the world - not to mention influential Donald Trump supporter and now head of his own government project – is attacking the UK's political institutions.

US-based BBC journalist Mike Wendling investigates what might be driving him.

Presenter: Mike Wendling

Producers: Tom Colls and Nathan Gower

Sound mix: John Scott

Editor: Richard Vadon

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