Elon Musk was “trying to encourage” Nigel Farage for calling for him to be replaced, the Reform party leader has claimed.
The wildly public fallout between the two allies of Donald Trump in January was keenly watched by members of the populist party when the Tesla chief called for Nigel Farage to step down as leader.
Just hours before the claim, the Clacton MP hailed Musk as a hero to his cheering supporters, declaring that he had made the party “cool”.
Nevertheless, a feud broke out over the duo’s disagreement over jailed Tommy Robinson – real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – after Farage refused to allow the “thuggish” former EDL leader join his party.
Musk’s call for Farage’s replacement was a financial blow to his party as – up until that moment – speculation had swirled around the possibility that the X chief might soon sign off a hefty cheque of $100million to Reform UK.
Soon after, the billionaire backed the-then Reform MP Rupert Lowe to lead the party instead.
When questioned on the fallout, Farage explained that he had spoken with Musk on their disagreement, he told the BBC: “We talked about it.
“He was just trying to encourage me in a few policy areas, ones I wasn’t prepared to go down.”
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Labour calls in ARMY to clear up Birmingham bin chaos as strike crisis reaches breaking point
Bins are continuing to pile up on the city’s streets as strikes reach their fifth weekGB News
Labour is calling in the Army in a bid to clear Birmingham’s rubbish crisis after more than a month of strikes.
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has invoked powers known as Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (Maca) to enlist Army experts after a strike by bin workers following a council dispute has left over 17,000 tons of waste in the second city’s streets.
A small number of military personnel with operational planning expertise are said to be offering specialised logistical support to tackle the crisis – which started on March 11.
‘No evidence of two-tier policing’ in summer riots, official report says – claims branded ‘DISGRACEFUL’
There was “no evidence” of “two-tier policing” in the summer unrest following Axel Rudakubana’s murder spree in Southport, a new report has said.
The Home Affairs Committee has released the results of a new probe into police forces’ response to the disorder in the wake of the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last July.
It said there was no evidence of “two-tier policing” in officers’ handling of the levels of violence and criminality during the period – and branded claims to the contrary “baseless” and “disgraceful”.
