Elon Musk calls for change to UK Government at London rally
The X owner spoke at the 'Unite the Kingdom' rally in London yesterday
Last updated 14th Sep 2025
Elon Musk called for a change of Government in the UK and railed against the “woke mind virus” as he spoke at Tommy Robinson’s rally in London.
The X owner claimed a “dissolution of Parliament” is needed and said “massive uncontrolled migration” was contributing to the “destruction of Britain” in comments via video link.
He also told the crowd that “violence is coming” and that “you either fight back or you die”.
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey criticised the appearance, saying the UK’s democracy is “too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons”.
The Tesla boss has waded into British politics before, notably when he started a war of words with the UK Government over the grooming gangs scandal.
He has also criticised the UK’s Online Safety Act, calling the legislation a threat to free speech.
He had a warm relationship with Nigel Farage, and there were even rumours he could channel a donation to his party before Mr Musk called for the Reform UK leader to be replaced during a dispute over his support for Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.
The tech billionaire appeared at the rally on Saturday after Ben Habib, the former deputy of Reform UK who now leads Advance UK, a political party Robinson has joined.
Mr Musk said: “I think there’s something beautiful about being British and what I see happening here is a destruction of Britain, initially a slow erosion but rapidly increasing erosion of Britain with massive uncontrolled migration.
“A failure by the Government to protect innocent people including children who are getting gang-raped. It’s unreal the Government has failed in its duty to protect its citizens which is a fundamental duty of government.”
He called for a change of Government in Britain.
He said: “You can’t – we don’t have another four years, or whenever the next election is, it’s too long.
“Something’s got to be done. There’s got to be a dissolution of Parliament and a new vote held.”
Mr Musk was interviewed by Robinson and appeared on a screen on stage so protesters could watch.
Around 110,000 people were estimated by police to have gathered in Whitehall, London, for the “Unite the Kingdom” event, which faced counter-protests by around 5,000 anti-racism campaigners.
At the end of the interview, Robinson said: “Not only are we in the fight right now, but we’re on the advance thanks to free speech being fought for, for us, by Elon Musk.”
He said that the British public are “scared to exercise their free speech” and claimed the BBC was “complicit in the destruction of Britain”.
He said he wanted to appeal to “British common sense” and “the reasonable centre, the people who ordinarily wouldn’t get involved in politics”.
Elon Musk's comments to crowds at Tommy Robinson's protest on Saturday were "slightly incomprehensible" and "totally inappropriate", a Cabinet minister has said.
Asked on the BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme whether the tech billionaire was trying to incite violence when he told protesters to "fight back" or "die", Business Secretary Peter Kyle said: "I thought that they were slightly incomprehensible comments that were totally inappropriate.
"But what we saw yesterday was over 100,000 people who were expressing freedom of association, freedom of speech, and proving that both of those things are alive and well in this country.
"A small minority of people who are protesting committed acts of violence against our police for which they should and they will be held accountable."