Belfast’s tense streets and the 95 per cent white suburbs of Makerfield have become the twin battlegrounds for the soul, and leadership, of modern British politics.

Elon Musk reposted social media messages denouncing the state of the United Kingdom. “Only by protesting REPEATEDLY and LOUDLY will there be any change,” he wrote.

Musk, who shared lists on social media of locations where protests could take place, blamed ‘uncontrolled immigration’ for the unrest.