Elon Musk Urges King Charles III to Dismiss UK Government
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has escalated his criticism of the United Kingdom’s Labour government, urging King Charles III to take the extraordinary step of dissolving it.
Musk, who has been vocal in condemning the Labour Party for days, ramped up his attacks this week, expressing outrage over the government’s alleged mishandling of the mostly-Pakistani grooming gangs that targeted thousands of white British girls for decades.
Early Friday morning, Musk responded to a social media post advocating for royal intervention, signaling his agreement with calls for the King to step in and dismiss the government—a rare and drastic measure in modern British politics.
“Who also thinks the KING should Dissolve Parliament and order a General Election be called for the sake and security of the country? The King must ACT before it is too late!” user Benonwine said, to which Musk responded, “Yes.”
There’s some debate over whether the king truly has the power to dissolve parliament. Milners Solicitors, a UK-based legal firm, points out that, technically, the king does have this authority.
However, it hasn’t been exercised in modern times, and doing so would almost certainly spark a constitutional crisis. Such a drastic move could even lead to King Charles III being forced to abdicate or bring about the downfall of the monarchy itself.
In practice, British monarchs are largely apolitical and rarely, if ever, involve themselves in political matters. While a prime minister must formally seek the monarch’s approval to dissolve parliament, this is seen as little more than a ceremonial gesture.
The last time a British monarch dissolved Parliament on their own authority was in 1831, during the reign of King William IV. Since then, both legal reforms and a growing emphasis on constitutional decorum have significantly curtailed royal power.
On Friday, Musk ramped up his rhetoric to new heights, urging the king to step in. He also launched sharp attacks on Labour Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips, labeling her a “rape genocide apologist,” and accused Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer of being complicit in the “RAPE” of the United Kingdom.
Elon Musk claimed that Keir Starmer, during his six years as head of the Crown Prosecution Service, was complicit in what he called “the rape of Britain.” Musk asserted that Starmer should step down and face charges for what he described as involvement in the worst mass crime in Britain’s history.
Over the past week, heated debates have flared up around the issue of Pakistani child rape gangs that have operated in the U.K. for decades.
While the scale of the problem has been acknowledged since the 2010s, tensions reignited when the Labour government denied Oldham’s request for a Home Office-led inquiry into historical cases of abuse. The decision has sparked accusations of complicity and cover-ups, fueling public outrage.
White British girls as young as 11 were targeted and gang raped by the groups, in addition to torture, threats, drugging, and murder. One 14-year-old victim was allegedly ground up into kebab meat. The surviving victims reported being subject to repeated racial abuse.
Musk began posting about the scandal on Wednesday but retweeted other accounts that had been discussing it days prior.
His first post on the matter occurred early on the morning of Wednesday, quoting Telegraph columnist Sam Ashworth-Hayes, who in turn was quoting a report detailing how fathers who attempted to rescue their daughters from houses where the gangs imprisoned them were in turn arrested rather than the gangs.
He threw his lot behind Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage, who he met at Mar-a-Lago last month.
The Labour government, fearful that Musk could have a decisive effect, is eyeing ways to neuter his influence. It has floated the idea of taking further measures to prevent foreign figures from making outsize political donations, the Wall Street Journal reported.