Research also suggests almost half the British public think the billionaire’s comments about grooming gangs are ‘unhelpful’.

Half the public think Elon Musk is having a negative impact on British politics following his slew of attacks on Sir Keir Starmer and other Labour figures.

The South African-born billionaire has spent much of the past week using his social media platform X, attacking the Prime Minister over his opposition to another national inquiry into grooming gangs.

In other posts he has expressed support for Reform UK, but called for its leader Nigel Farage to step aside, and asked his 212 million followers whether America should “liberate” the UK from its “tyrannical government”.

He has also been reported to be looking into ways to help remove the Prime Minister from office, and was previously said to be........

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