Elon Musk should be afraid. The fiercest feminist in France has said the world’s richest man is the model of white alpha males responsible for human suffering and climate disaster.

Sandrine Rousseau, a Greens party MP, called the Tesla chief “the archetype of the conquering male entrepreneur who should be considered one of the greatest environmental killers of all time”.

Attacks by the Parisian university teacher have consequences: last week she forced Julien Bayou, her party leader, to stand down after accusing him of “morally” mistreating a woman who had told the party she was depressed after a break-up with Bayou. He denies misconduct and there is no suggestion of physical abuse, but his retreat pending an inquiry is the latest episode in a crisis