Elon Musk has said Britain is going “full Stalin” over Sir Keir Starmer’s inheritance tax raid on farmers. Writing on X, formerly Twitter, the world’s richest man launched his latest attack on the Government in response to an article in The Observer arguing that the tax raid would bring “new life” to the countryside.

Downing Street refused to be drawn into a row over the tech billionaire’s criticisms of its plans to reform inheritance tax for farms.

LONDON — Elon Musk continued his feud with the British government Monday, accusing it of going “full Stalin” by increasing inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million.

Elon Musk has accused the British government of going "full Stalin" over Labour's new inheritance tax policy on farms. The tech billionaire made the comparison on X in response to a Guardian article arguing that the tax changes would bring "new life" to rural Britain.