ELON MUSK is a US citizen who has lived in several mansions in Los Angeles. But despite his local knowledge, Musk has been busy pumping out entirely made-up stories about the cause of the Los Angeles fires.

Given Musk talks nonsense about his own country and former city, why would anyone take seriously his ranting about Britain? For much of the British media and political system, the fact Musk has loads of money seems to outweigh his obvious lack of sense.

For Los Angeles, Musk and Donald Trump claimed California Governor Gavin Newsom had failed to sign a “water restoration declaration” that would have allowed “millions of gallons of water” from “snowmelt” in the north to flow into the state and so stop the fires.