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Robinson Meets Musk, Calls for UK Protests After Belfast Attack

6/10/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Tommy Robinson met Errol Musk in a Moscow hotel, urging UK street protests after a Belfast knife attack.
Left officials, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Labour chair Anna Turley, said Elon Musk and X are bad-faith actors enabling far-right incitement.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for “pure cold rage” as masked men in Belfast attacked migrants and set homes ablaze.

History

Historical Context

On 15 March 2019 Australian extremist Brenton Tarrant killed 51 worshippers at Christchurch’s Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre, livestreaming the attack on Facebook and publishing a manifesto that reflected the post-2015 surge in white-supremacist online activity. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s response spurred a royal commission and worldwide calls for tighter social-media regulation.

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Story summary

Tommy Robinson met Errol Musk in a Moscow hotel, urging UK street protests after a Belfast knife attack.
Left officials, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Labour chair Anna Turley, said Elon Musk and X are bad-faith actors enabling far-right incitement.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for “pure cold rage” as masked men in Belfast attacked migrants and set homes ablaze.

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