Summary
A majority of Britons believe Elon Musk negatively impacts UK politics, according to an Opinium poll.
Musk has used his platform X to criticize Keir Starmer and Labour’s stance on grooming gang inquiries, calling Starmer “deeply complicit” and accusing Jess Phillips of being a “rape genocide apologist.”
53% of voters believe Musk’s involvement in British politics is negative, while 47% find his comments about grooming gangs unhelpful. Only 12% see his involvement positively.
Reform UK supporters oppose his criticism of Nigel Farage, and public opinion on another national grooming inquiry remains divided.
The problem is that all of that 12% is going to vote, while how many of the rest won’t?
I’m actually more worried by the 35% that didn’t seem to have an opinion.
Increasingly I tend to believe that there are some topics where not having an opinion does make one a bad person.