Lord Owen backs Elon's Musk's intervention in global politics

Former foreign secretary Lord Owen has welcomed Elon Musk’s interventions in international politics, saying it is good “serious business figures” are involved. The owner of X has criticised Sir Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips over their handling of grooming gangs, and has backed Germany's far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party. "I welcome the fact that serious business figures are, taking such an interest in international politics and international finance. I think Elon Musk is a serious business figure. I mean, ran a very successful, car company, Tesla and he's involved in highest of technology, space technology," Lord Owen said. "And I think that, Trump is quite right to listen to him.” Live updates: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-starmer-musk-labour-badenoch-tories-latest-live-12593360 #sundaymorningwithtrevorphillips #tulipsiddiq #bangladeshnews news SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales