The health secretary, Wes Streeting, summed up many people’s fatigue when asked about Mr Musk’s antics by replying: “Do I have to?” Mr Musk’s attention-seeking is as exhausting as it is reckless. Lacking any grasp of British law or the 2022 child abuse inquiry, he smeared both the current prime minister and his predecessor Gordon Brown. The latter was outraged enough to contact the BBC’s Today programme on Monday morning with evidence to contradict Mr Musk’s claims.