The UK government should consider the possibility of leaving social media platform X, a high-profile minister has suggested.

Speaking at the Labour Party conference, energy minister and former Labour leader Ed Miliband took aim at Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X (formerly Twitter). According to The Guardian, Miliband painted Musk as part of a far-right cabal "who want to take away people's rights, take away people's freedoms."

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A number of British politicians have blasted Musk ever since he appeared via video link at a far-right rally in London – organized by convicted criminal Tommy Robinson – and called for a "change of government." Musk even suggested that it should be by means of violence, if necessary.

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