UK Unrest Highlights Elon Musk Role in Anti-Migrant Protests (1)

June 11, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC

While Elon Musk prepares for SpaceX’s initial public offering this week — poised to be the biggest ever — he’s also been keeping up a politically-charged side hustle: fomenting far-right protests in the UK.

Britain has suffered several outbreaks of violence and disorder in recent days, following the murder of an 18-year-old by a British-born Sikh and later a stabbing in Belfast where a Sudanese man was arrested at the scene.

There was a second night of unrest in a number of parts of Northern Ireland on Wednesday. Water cannon were deployed in the Newtownabbey area of Belfast where rioters ...

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