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Elon Musk is attacking Britain. Former PMs are building ties

A London-based VC has connected Boris Johnson and the Tesla chief, who Tony Blair has praised as ‘an extraordinary innovator’

Elon Musk has stepped up his attacks on the UK since the election of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government, branding the country “a police state”.

But he enjoys a warmer relationship with former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Tony Blair, who have both attempted to strengthen ties with the world’s richest man, now one of US president-elect Donald Trump’s closest advisers.

Johnson recently renewed an acquaintance with the Tesla chief, according to three people familiar with the matter, having been reintroduced by Sriram Krishnan, a London-based venture capitalist who helped Musk with his 2022 acquisition of Twitter.

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