Why has Musk set the mob on innocent random British police officers?
6/4/202640 min
Two police officers - both nominated for bravery awards - have been doxxed on the internet through a Musk disinformation campaign, where he called one a "scumbag" who should be in prison. One former officer is now in hiding, fearing for her safety after death threats. Neither was anywhere near Henry Nowak on the night he died.
Musk famously supports Rupert Lowe over Nigel Farage. Is the Right of British politics now tearing itself apart over who gets to sound more extreme? Is any of this helping British citizens solve a knife crime epidemic? We ask Lord Blunkett, former Home Secretary, whether there is any evidence that DEI has got in the way of good policing.
And, as we mourn the tragically early death of one of Britain’s best spooks, we celebrate the life of Alex Younger with his friend - another former MI6 chief - Richard Moore.
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First 90 secondsJon Sopel· Host0:01
[upbeat jingle] This is a Global Player original podcast. This is grotesque. And I think Far... I mean, I think that Keir Starmer is right to say this is not who we are.
Keir Starmer· Soundbite0:11
Musk again has been interfering in our politics in the last few days, trying to whip up division. That is not who we are in Britain.
Jon Sopel· Host0:19
But what on earth do you do with someone like Elon Musk, who has such copious amounts of power and seemingly so little responsibility for what he does with it?
Emily Maitlis· Host0:31
Something is clearly going on.
David Blunkett· Guest0:33
I hope that on behalf of those two officers, action will be taken because otherwise they become, well, I, I mean, it is, it is a bit like the Wild West, isn't it?
Christy Hill· Soundbite0:45
Yeah, death threats, uh, threats of extreme violence, um, trying to find family, people that know me. Um, you know, people saying that I shouldn't be, um, put in a position like I have been. It's been really tough to read it, and it's just been an absolute onslaught.
Emily Maitlis· Host1:08
That is Christy Hill. She was a serving police officer till about two years ago, but she's now found her face, her name, her image plastered all over the internet and social media, accused by many of being one of the police that attended the death of Henry Novak. It is a completely