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La moitié du public pense qu’Elon Musk a un impact négatif sur la politique britannique après sa série d’attaques contre Sir Keir Starmer et d’autres personnalités du parti travailliste.
Le milliardaire né en Afrique du Sud a passé une grande partie de la semaine dernière à utiliser sa plateforme de médias sociaux X, attaquant le Premier ministre pour son opposition à une autre enquête nationale sur les gangs de pédophiles.
Dans d’autres publications, il a exprimé son soutien à Reform UK, mais a appelé son leader Nigel Farage à se retirer, et a demandé à ses 212 millions d’abonnés si l’Amérique devrait « libérer » le Royaume-Uni de son « gouvernement tyrannique ».
Il aurait également été question de trouver des moyens d’aider à destituer le Premier ministre, et il aurait déjà envisagé de faire un don important à Reform UK, une idée que des personnalités importantes du parti ont désormais rejetée.
Mais un sondage publié samedi suggère une opposition généralisée à l’implication de M. Musk dans la politique britannique.
Some 53% of people told pollster Opinium they thought Mr Musk was having a negative impact on British politics, compared to just 12% who thought he was having a positive one.
On his comments about grooming gangs specifically, 47% said they thought Mr Musk was being “unhelpful”, compared to 26% who thought the opposite.
Reform UK voters were similarly unmoved by his claim that Mr Farage should stand down as party leader, with 71% saying the Clacton MP was the best leader they could have now.
Adam Drummond, head of political and social research at Opinium, said a “lack of enthusiasm about a foreign billionaire involving himself in British politics” was “one area of agreement” among the public.
Earlier this week, Mr Farage insisted he could repair relations with the Tesla chief executive and incoming adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, but said Mr Musk’s support was not “crucial” and it was more important to maintain his long-standing opposition to jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
The split between Mr Farage and Mr Musk came after the billionaire expressed strong support for Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.
The Opinium poll found that the public was split on the issue of holding another national inquiry into grooming gangs, with 36% backing such a probe.
Some 28% thought local councils should hold their own inquiries instead while the Government focused on implementing the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse that reported in 2022.
Mr Drummond said: “If you ask voters ‘should there be an inquiry into an important issue’ the answer will be ‘yes’.
“An inquiry sounds like doing something about the problem and doesn’t really consider opportunity costs. So it’s not surprising that the numbers are more nuanced when we put actual courses of action in front of people.”
But there was also widespread disapproval for both main parties’ handling of the issue.
Approval of the Labour Government’s handling of the issue was a net minus 17%, but approval of the previous Conservative government’s approach was even lower at minus 27%. There was little support for the Tories’ current approach either, which scored a net approval rating of minus 11%.
The Opinium poll surveyed 2,050 UK adults online between January 8 and 10.
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