Elon Musk calls for Nigel Farage to step down as leader of right wing party Reform UK

“The Reform Party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes,” Musk said on his social media platform X.

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Musk had seemingly backed Brexit campaigner Farage and posed for a photograph with him as recently as last month.

Media had speculated that Musk – a close ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump – might make a big cash donation to Reform to help it challenge Britain’s dominant Labour and Conservative parties.

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But on Saturday, Farage distanced himself from comments made by Musk in support of British anti-Muslim activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known by the pseudonym Tommy Robinson, who is serving a prison sentence.

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Farage responded to Musk’s post on Sunday saying: “Well, this is a surprise! Elon is a remarkable individual but on this I am afraid I disagree. My view remains that Tommy Robinson is not right for Reform and I never sell out my principles.”

Last month, Musk endorsed the Alternative for Germany, an anti-immigration, anti-Islamic party labelled as right-wing-extremist by German security services ahead of national elections in February.