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Activists in Leeds. Photo: Neil Terry Photography
ACTIVISTS protested outside five Tesla dealerships in Britain as part of a global protest marking billionaire Elon Musk’s 54th birthday on Saturday.
The demonstrations were held at Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Winchester and London Park Royal as “funding fascism through a greenwashed brand is simply not acceptable,” a spokesman for the Tesla Takedown group said.
The Tesla CEO was US President Donald Trump’s head of the Department of Government Efficiency before their acrimonious split earlier this month amid “unprecedented brand damage” to Tesla.
Tesla Takedown UK organiser Theodora Sutcliffe said: “Elon Musk’s theatrical falling out with Donald Trump doesn’t stop him being a threat to democracy.
“He’s still spreading lies and funding fascists and climate deniers, while his cuts to USAid have killed almost 250,000 children this year.”
Mr Musk’s agenda to to cut a trillion dollars in federal spending on Saturday reportedly lost access to a key government website responsible for distributing roughly $500 billion (£364bn) in annual awards.
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