The tech billionaire Elon Musk has delivered a blow to Nigel Farage saying he “doesn’t have what it takes” and he must stand down.
The SpaceX chief wrote on X, “The Reform Party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes.”
Farage has previously defended Musk over his social media attacks on Keir Starmer and said that since he bought Twitter, now called X “free speech is back.”
Musk has been very critical of Starmer and accused him of being “complicit in the rape of Britain.
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The Reform UK leader was asked by the BBC of the Tesla chief’s comments on Labour, he said, “The fact that Musk supports me and supports Reform doesn’t mean as two grown-ups we have to agree with everything the other says. I believe in free speech even if what people say is offensive, if you find it offensive, if most people find it offensive.
“Would I rather live in a world where we’re free to cause offence rather than a world in which free speech and debate get shut down? I know which of those two I prefer.”
In December Farage, the billionaire former Tory donor Nick Candy and Musk held talks at the US President elect, Donald Trump’s Florida resort Mar-A-Lago.
Rumours have been swirling that the SpaceX founder Musk could donate $100 million to Farage’s Reform UK party.
Reform’s Treasurer Candy and Farage issued a statement in December over the talks which says, “We had a great meeting with Elon Musk for an hour.”
“We learned a great deal about the Trump ground game and will have ongoing discussions on other areas.
“We only have one more chance left to save the West and we can do great things together.
Our thanks also to President Trump for allowing us to use Mar-A-Lago for this historic meeting. The special relationship is alive and well.”
At the time Farage told GB News, “What I do know is that Elon Musk is very supportive of me, what I’m trying to do, and he thinks that if Reform do well in the UK, we can bring about the same kind of change that he intends to do with Donald Trump in America.”
