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By Matthew Lesh Blaming communications for unrest has a long and unhappy history. We repeat it at our peril, writes Matthew Lesh Elon Musk, the owner of X (formally Twitter), has become a main character in British politics. The Prime Minister’s spokesperson condemned comments from Musk about the risk of a ‘civil war’ and ‘two-tier policing’. Labour MPs are threatening to leave the platform over the spread of hateful information. There have even been calls for Musk to be arrested or banned from Britain. For some, this will appear entirely sensible. Racist and false information was spread on the…

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