Elon Musk turns on Farage

Oh dear. Is there trouble in paradise? For a few weeks now, Nigel Farage has been basking in a transatlantic glow thanks to the support of his buddies Stateside. The Reform party leader’s meeting with Elon Musk last month led to concern in both Labour and the Conservative party that the world’s richest man will soon give a sizeable donation to his party. This combined with the president-elect’s longstanding friendship with Farage has led to concern amongst Conservatives that 2025 could be Farage’s year.

However, in a sign that things may not be quite so simple for the Reform party leader, Musk appears to have gone cold on his new friend. Over the past few days the issue of child grooming gangs has been top of the news agenda (even if it has been missing at times from the BBC homepage) thanks largely to Musk’s interventions online. The tech billionaire and close ally of Trump has blasted the Labour government for failing to address the issue and called for the release of Tommy Robinson.