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He's clearly forgotten that he needs to sell things - all over the world. He's not a very smart cookie - I'm really hoping he ends up as the Gerald Ratner for our time.
It's 106 miles to Portman Road, we've got a full tank of gas, half a round of Port Salut, it's dark... and we're wearing blue tinted sunglasses.
elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 20:06 - Aug 6 by baxterbasics
An immigrant lecturing us on immigration, lol. Ok, let’s deport him and see how he likes it. I’d use the key worker classification - he doesn’t meet it, so seems unnecessary and can go.
We’ve got about £800k who came to the UK last year on work and student visas, helping us fill vacancies in public services that we’ve no chance of filling with Brits and making a university sector that’s been abandoned by the government viable. So that’s good, yeah? Or shall we sack thousands of people and have longer waiting times in the NHS because some nuggets don’t like people with darker skin?
He’s attacking Muslims too. What do you reckon Sam Morsy would think of that?
elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 20:13 - Aug 6 by WicklowBlue
There are a number of things I'd take severe issue with in that tweet. But I'm not living in the UK and am too busy to start another 10 pager.
That’s fair. I can step in and sum it up - it’s a load of bollox
I’d be happy to have a proper, reasoned and evidence-informed debate about immigration, but we’ve had no sign of one over here for years. Decades even.
I noticed today that several countries have issued warnings to their citizens living or traveling to the UK. India and Kenya amongst them. That’s so embarrassing.
elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 20:06 - Aug 6 by baxterbasics
The voice of the intellectual right wing, lots of half facts and carefully selected data from questionable sources to suit an agenda
No hint of irony that he is an immigrant himself
There's a lot of rhetoric that has led the Far Right to feeling empowered enough to conduct these riots, the nutters may claim the mainstream media are against them but let's not pretend the right wing papers haven't fed a lot of this bile for some time now.
The Tory Party aren't innocent, making 'stop the boats' and Rwanda front and centre as part of their election campaign. The likes of Braverman were playing with fire and knew it. When you are trying out Farage Farage, we reap what they sow unfortunately.
When all of this has settled down, a lot of institutions are going to need to take a hard look at themselves
Alcohol is the answer but I can't remember the question!
elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 20:13 - Aug 6 by WicklowBlue
There are a number of things I'd take severe issue with in that tweet. But I'm not living in the UK and am too busy to start another 10 pager.
Indeed, lots of supposition and prejudice portrayed as fact. The idea that Britain is not a nation of immigrants is ridiculous. We're all decendents of immigrants over many hundreds of years.
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elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 20:51 - Aug 6 with 3420 views
elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 20:47 - Aug 6 by Lamp
Sounds like he doesn’t like capitalism to me, but that’s probably not the point he’s trying to make.
He sounds like a complete beIIend. The bit where it became clear that this was the case was when he claimed "certain racial, ethnic and religious groups [are] entitled to special treatment".
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elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 20:53 - Aug 6 with 3366 views
elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 20:48 - Aug 6 by PhilTWTD
Indeed, lots of supposition and prejudice portrayed as fact. The idea that Britain is not a nation of immigrants is ridiculous. We're all decendents of immigrants over many hundreds of years.
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I’m not buying that. We all know nothing existed before the formation of the Premier League!
elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 20:51 - Aug 6 by Clapham_Junction
He sounds like a complete beIIend. The bit where it became clear that this was the case was when he claimed "certain racial, ethnic and religious groups [are] entitled to special treatment".
Well, yes, that as well.
I’d honestly like to hear Baxter’s views on this as well since he posted it without comment?
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elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 21:08 - Aug 6 with 3179 views
elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 20:33 - Aug 6 by Swansea_Blue
That’s fair. I can step in and sum it up - it’s a load of bollox
I’d be happy to have a proper, reasoned and evidence-informed debate about immigration, but we’ve had no sign of one over here for years. Decades even.
I noticed today that several countries have issued warnings to their citizens living or traveling to the UK. India and Kenya amongst them. That’s so embarrassing.
You summed it up much more eloquently than I thank you!
As for Musk.... completely deluded, egomaniac, self serving and anything he says is bollox too! For that reason I'd never buy a Tesla, plus the model Y reminds me of the Jetsons car every time I see one.
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elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 21:12 - Aug 6 with 3141 views
elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 21:12 - Aug 6 by mutters
Whenever somebody calls someone mad, my mind always goes to this:
That just shows that you had a decent upbringing. Edit -maybe that's how we sort all this out. Anyone who appreciates Black Adder, The Young Ones and Monty Python can stay and are welcome. The rest can all eff off
elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 20:48 - Aug 6 by PhilTWTD
Indeed, lots of supposition and prejudice portrayed as fact. The idea that Britain is not a nation of immigrants is ridiculous. We're all decendents of immigrants over many hundreds of years.
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we do have a long history of inward migration and it is central to who we are. but it took place over centuries and never on the scale we have seem in recent years. previous immigration waves were on a much smaller scale by comparison - the huguenots came over 50 years and amounted to about 50,000 in total. jewish refugees in the 19th and 20th centuries totalled around 200,000. for most of the twentieth century net migration was negative. in 1951 less than 4% of the population was foreign-born. but the scale of net migration in recent years is without precedent - between 1997 and 2010 it was over three million, in the last 3 years it has been almost 2 million. no previous historic period compares. it doesn't seem unreasonable to discuss the consequences of the current scale of immigration - as opposed to the fact that historically immigration has always taken place at a much lower level.
And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show
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elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 21:48 - Aug 6 with 2909 views
elon musk seems to have lost his mind nm on 20:48 - Aug 6 by PhilTWTD
Indeed, lots of supposition and prejudice portrayed as fact. The idea that Britain is not a nation of immigrants is ridiculous. We're all decendents of immigrants over many hundreds of years.
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Totally agree Phil, fyi the link you shared is geo blocked.
So much disinformation being spread on social media platforms! I've lost contact with 2 close friends from going down the rabbit hole that is social media and my dad is going the same way from being fixated on YouTube.
Back to Musk and the OP, as he is the owner of one of the most hate filled platforms full of disinformation then he should be held accountable for allowing same. I'd love to find out what Jack Dorsey thinks... (who was far from perfect) but Musk dismantled any sense of moderation and decency Twitter had.