It must be quite a slap to Leon when a politician doesn’t do what he wants; on top of which, he must be in agony at the thought of not being in the room when government subsidies are being handed out.
The Conservatives are trying - and failing - to make something out of this; one of them - Kemi Badenoch (Rupert Murdoch’s preferred choice for the next leader) has been simpering about Musk standing up for free speech; another - ex-Chancellor Jeremy must-type-the-next-word-carefully Hunt, said he recently had a conversation with Musk where Space Karen said he was considering building a car plant in the UK. Just a couple of years ago, Musk ruled out doing that because of Brexit trade restrictions on the UK.
