Piers Morgan has hit out at Elon Musk over his inflamatory remarks about Britain’s ongoing race riots . Violent disorder has spread across the country in the wake of the stabbings of three young girls in Southport, after misinformation spread that the killer was a Muslim asylum seeker. Hundreds of people have been arrested, with thousands of police officers deployed to prepare for further actions throughout the week.
At least one person has been left seriously injured as a result of racist and Islamophobic attacks, with stabbings, street beatings, and mosques under siege . The billionaire tech owner has been accused of fanning the flames of unrest, as he shared a video of a group of Asian men gathered around a pub in Birmingham with the caption, “Why aren’t all communities protected in Britain?” to X/Twitter on Tuesday (6 August). He tagged UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer in the post, after the Labour leader condemned actions against groups based on their race or religion and called for mosques to be protected.
Morgan called out Musk for the comment as he chastised, “Elon, fake news was posted that the triple child-killer was a Muslim illegal immigrant who came in on a small boat and was on a terror watchlist. “This prompted far-right rioters to attack Muslims & asylum seekers. I haven’t seen you mention/condemn any of this?” Other broadcasters lent their voice to the criticism as Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy wrote, “Do you want to do an interview a.