POLITICSJul 4 · 15:00 UTCTHE GUARDIAN WORLDMichael Goodier, Carmen Aguilar García, Aisha Down and Ben Quinn

Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up

Elon Musk posted about UK race and immigration twice as often as he did about SpaceX in the weeks before SpaceX's IPO. A Guardian analysis of his X activity between 31 May and 12 June revealed his social media focus on UK politics.

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