Well, well, well. Picking a fight with Elon Musk is hardly the wisest decision Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour lot have made so far, especially given the new job the Twitter CEO has been awarded by Donald Trump. With Musk set to become co-leader of the president-elect’s Department of Government Efficiency, the UK Prime Minister might want to start figuring out how to repair relations with the US tech billionaire – and now even some on his own side are urging Starmer to make amends…
Speaking on Times Radio’s How to win an election podcast today, Peter Mandelson has today urged the PM to ‘engage’ with Musk – ‘rapidly, directly, personally’. Going on, the New Labour spin doctor insisted:
[Musk] has a wonderful Trump-like way of communicating, being noticed, he exaggerates to make a point but he’s entitled to his view… I’m not going to get all tied up and wound up over the hyperbole.
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