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Musk shows how British democracy is wide open to abuse

Musk shows how British democracy is wide open to abuse

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Nick Cohen
Jan 07, 2025
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Our democracy is remarkably easy to manipulate. In the past week, Elon Musk and the UK property magnate Nick Candy have promised untold millions to Nigel Farage. Musk then dropped Farage because he would not endorse Stephen Yaxley Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, a genuinely extreme figure with multiple convictions.

As I said in my last post, Musk too is a ge…

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