UK government defends decision not to invite Elon Musk to investment summit amid controversy
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has indicated that Elon Musk's absence from the government's international investment summit may be due to his usual avoidance of such gatherings, rather than previous reports which suggested Musk was excluded following his contentious social media remarks about Britain's summer riots and his claim that civil war was "inevitable."
Musk recently expressed his displeasure on X, stating: "I don't think anyone should go to the UK when they're releasing convicted paedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts", as reported by City AM.
However, speaking to Times Radio this morning, Kyle remarked: "Elon Musk has never come to
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