Elon Musk is a man of tremendous gifts, to put it mildly. He recently caught a rocket between some chopsticks, for crying out loud. But insight into the mood of British politics is clearly not one of those gifts.
Having only just learned about Britain’s shameful, grotesque, never-ending grooming-gangs scandal, declaring that Jess Phillips should be in prison for failing to back a full national inquiry into it, Musk has now turned his ire on his erstwhile ally, Reform leader Nigel Farage.
This new disagreement seems to have escalated rather quickly.
Musk has recently become a vocal supporter of hard-right grifter Tommy Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon), who is currently in jail for contempt of court – specifically, for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee, in breach of an injunction.
He admitted in court to doing so. But Musk, along with many right-wing X personalities, seems convinced by Robinson’s more public claims that he is actually a political prisoner, with the contempt charges merely an excuse to jail him for exposing grooming gangs, radical Islam and the like.
Farage, meanwhile, has been keen to draw a bright line between himself and Robinson, despite clamour among some Reform-aligned figures for a more conciliatory approach.
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