Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk made an unannounced appearance at a rally hosted by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, telling the crowd that Britain stood “at a fork in the road to darkness or greatness.”
Speaking at Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” event, Musk described Britain as a country under threat from “uncontrolled migration, bureaucratic government failure and the rise of woke culture.” He repeatedly framed his comments as a defence of “free speech,” calling it “the essence of democracy.”
Musk, who appeared on stage wearing a George Orwell T-shirt, said he felt a personal duty to speak out.
“I am of primarily British heritage, British ancestry. I want Britain to be greater than it ever has been. I want Britain to remain Britain,” he said to cheers from the audience.
“What I see happening is a destruction — initially a slow erosion, but now a rapidly increasing erosion — of Britain, with massive uncontrolled migration, and a failure by the government to protect innocent people, including children, who are getting gang-raped. It’s unreal that government has failed in its duty to protect its citizens, which is a fundamental duty of government. This has got to stop.”
The Tesla and SpaceX chief went on to criticise Westminster and the BBC, accusing both of betraying the public.
“This is a government against the people and not for the people,” he argued. “The government needs to be responsible to the people of Britain. It needs to protect Britain. It needs to protect the weak, those who cannot protect themselves, especially the children.”
Turning his attention to the state broadcaster, Musk declared: “You’re forced to pay for your own destruction. It’s insane. It’s unfair. It is wrong.”
Musk also used the platform to defend his £36 billion purchase of X (formerly Twitter). “You can’t get to the truth of things without freedom of speech, without active debate,” he said. “So many on the left want to just crush debate and put people in prison just for speaking. Democracy should be government for the people, by the people.”
He warned the audience that censorship would intensify if governments were left unchecked: “The government may use whatever powers are available to suppress the people, so I really think there’s got to be a change of government in Britain. We don’t have another four years to wait. Something’s got to be done.”
Echoing themes he has raised before, Musk attacked what he called the “woke mind virus.” “I’m appealing to common sense and fairness,” he told the crowd. “We should make our decisions based on merit. If somebody is talented and hardworking, that should be the only means of advancement. A lot of the woke stuff is actually super racist, super sexist, and often anti-religion — but only anti-Christian. Why only anti-Christian? That’s unfair.”
On the subject of immigration, Musk claimed it was part of a deliberate political strategy. “There’s a massive incentive on the left to import voters,” he alleged. “If they can’t convince their nation to vote for them, they’re going to import people from other nations. And frankly, it’s a strategy that will succeed if it is not stopped.”
He warned that expanding voting rights to non-citizens would “deprive the citizens of their democratic power,” adding: “It’s really a voter importation thing.” Musk repeatedly addressed what he called the “reasonable centre,” urging ordinary Britons not to remain passive. “My message is to the reasonable centre, to British common sense,” he said. “If this continues, violence is going to come to you. You will have no choice. Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. Either fight back, or you die.”
He added: “If you want to know what’s coming to your town or village, just visit London. It doesn’t feel like Britain at all. It’s only a matter of time before that happens everywhere.”
Despite the dire warnings, Musk closed on a note of technological optimism, painting a picture of a future Britain capable of “amazing things” if bureaucracy and censorship were dismantled. “If the people of Britain take charge and ensure there’s a government that represents their interests and not foreign interests, then Britain has a great future,” he said.
“With the right freedoms, we can have an incredibly exciting future — one which is sort of Star Trek made real. Spaceships, robots, incredible technologies. But such a future is not inevitable. We have to fight for it.”
