Musk rejects claim he has incited disorder in Belfast – UK politics live
X owner retweets post by Reform’s Matt Goodwin saying it is ‘not social media that’s inflaming tensions’ Man charged with attempted murder after Belfast knife attack Tell us: how have you been affected by the situation in Belfast? Hadi Alodid refused legal representation and made no reply to charges which were put put to him through an Arabic interpreter as he appeared in court charged with attempted murder following the Belfast knife attack, the Press Association reports. The 30-year-old, with
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10.58 EDTMusk rejects claim he is to blame for inciting disorder in BelfastElon Musk has rejected claims that he is to blame for inciting disorder in Belfast.In a post on X, the platform he owns, Musk retweeted a post from Matt Goodwin, the Reform UK candidate at the recent Gorton and Denton byelection, saying: double quotation markIt’s not social media that’s “inflaming tensions”. It’s not Elon Musk. It’s not Nigel Farage. It’s not the ‘far-right’. It is the very deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders. This policy has to end or it will destroy Western nations. Musk added his own comment on Goodwin’s tweet, saying: “Exactly.”Share
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