Elon Musk hits back at UK government after he is not invited to tech summit

Elon Musk has hit back at the UK government after he was not invited to an international investment summit following his controversial social media posts during last month's riots. Musk said on X on Thursday: "I don't think anyone should go to the UK when they're releasing convicted pedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts." He seemed to be referring to the prison early release scheme, initiated by the Labour government to ease pressure on a system it has said is "on the point of collapse" due to a lack of capacity. The billionaire owner of X has used the platform to suggest civil war in Britain is "inevitable", and to criticise Keir Starmer as rioting broke out after disinformation spread about the killing of three children in Southport. Ministers initially said the early release scheme would not apply to the most serious offenders, but later confirmed that prisoners who had completed a sentence for a serious crime and were serving a consecutive sentence for a lesser one would qualify.