Minister Accused Of Being 'Weird' And 'Sniffy' For Not Inviting Elon Musk To Investment Summit

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CEO of social media platform X, car company Tesla Motors and spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX, Musk, clashed with Labour and the PMPresenter Trevor Phillips asked: “You’re sniffy about the biggest car maker in the world because he’s put something on social media that you didn’t like?”

The minister said he was not going to comment on individual invites, but Phillips said: “Come on, Elon Musk is not some odd invitation!”Reynolds replied: “I’m not going to comment on the reasons for any specific person but I can tell you we have 300 of the most significant investors, business figures, people who can bring significant amounts of capital to the UK.”“No not at all,” the minister replied, saying it was about who can bring the most investment to the UK.

“It would not be right to go through the individual decisions for individual people. This is about what will make the biggest difference.”“You understand how weird this sounds?” the presenter continued. “You want people to come and invest in Britain. You want people to bring their money.Reynolds said he would talk to anyone who had a business proposal for the UK, but he was not going to go through the “thousands” of people who did not make the cut for Monday’s summit.

Labour did release some prisoners in September to reduce overcrowding but anyone serving time for sex offences was excluded. Some people were also jailed for inciting violence online after the far-right riots which sprung up in the summer.in September it was a “big loss” not to have him at the summit, saying: “He told me last year he was planning a new car plant in Europe and had not decided where but the UK was a candidate.”Tory Leadership Hopeful Kemi Badenoch Declares She Is A 'Huge Fan' Of Elon Musk

 

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