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Elon Musk , the chief executive officer of Tesla , SpaceX , and X ( formerly known as Twitter ) maydetestthe current Keir Starmer government due to clashes on topics like gratis speech and immigration , but Musk is playing the recollective game . He ’s receive cozy with major anatomy on both side of the aisle , advancing his particular beliefs on AI and the next generation of communication theory . And if those connections facilitate his business interests , too , well , why not ?
We ’ve known previously that former Prime Ministers Tony Blair , Boris Johnson , and Rishi Sunak have had dealings with Musk . This clause in theFinancial Timesweaves those yarn together with how the business leader is also making a scratch with people who made their names asSpecial Advisorsfrom both major political party . The working subject seems to be : figure out how to work on with Musk , or turn away at your peril .
There ’s another twist : The Timesis reporting that Musk isalsopreparing to donate $ 100 million to Nigel Farage and the Reform party to help him become the next Prime Minster . irrespective of whether that comes to go by , Musk ’s taking a very outsize role for a technology enterpriser , indeed .
