Elon Musk is ‘preparing’ to donate £78,000,000 to help support Nigel Farage
Sarah Hooper
Published December 1, 2024
Sarah Hooper
Published December 1, 2024
Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party could be in for a big payday from Elon Musk (Picture: Getty/AP)
Elon Musk has made his views on UK politics clear – during the Southport riots this summer, he slammed Keir Starmer for not protecting ‘all communities’.
After supporting Donald Trump through the US election, it seems he’s now preparing to start meddling in British politics, beginning with a rumoured £78,000,000 donation to Nigel Farage.
The Times reported that there is a ‘credible’ prospect that Musk could give Farage a big financial boost to help Reform UK.
Musk has seemingly alluded to his thoughts on British politics before, after sharing links to the petition for another election which went viral last week, writing: ‘The people of Britain have had enough of a tyrannical police state’.
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If Farage gets the money, there are concerns that it could ‘obliterate’ the state of British politics and the Conservative Party itself, before new leader Kemi Badenoch gets her footing.
Farage said this weekend: ‘All I can say is that I’m in touch with him and he is very supportive of my policy positions.
Elon Musk has made his views on UK politics clear – during the Southport riots this summer, he slammed Keir Starmer for not protecting ‘all communities’.
After supporting Donald Trump through the US election, it seems he’s now preparing to start meddling in British politics, beginning with a rumoured £78,000,000 donation to Nigel Farage.
The Times reported that there is a ‘credible’ prospect that Musk could give Farage a big financial boost to help Reform UK.
Musk has seemingly alluded to his thoughts on British politics before, after sharing links to the petition for another election which went viral last week, writing: ‘The people of Britain have had enough of a tyrannical police state’.
The video player is currently playing an ad.
If Farage gets the money, there are concerns that it could ‘obliterate’ the state of British politics and the Conservative Party itself, before new leader Kemi Badenoch gets her footing.
Farage said this weekend: ‘All I can say is that I’m in touch with him and he is very supportive of my policy positions.
Musk has cosied up to many politicians in recent years (Picture: Reuters)
‘We both share a friendship with Donald Trump and Trump has said good things about me in front of Musk. We’ve got a good relationship with him.’
Musk has been cosying up to many top right-leaning politicians – even landing a ‘top’ new position in the US government.
Trump confirmed Musk would head a new department aimed at creating a more efficient government.
The position, if legitimate, would hand even more influence to the world’s richest man.
In a statement, the president-elect said Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy ‘will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies’.
Trump said the new department will realize long-held Republican dreams and ‘provide advice and guidance from outside of government’, signaling the Musk and Ramaswamy roles would be informal, without requiring Senate approval and allowing Musk to remain the head of electric car company Tesla, social media platform X and rocket company SpaceX.
‘We both share a friendship with Donald Trump and Trump has said good things about me in front of Musk. We’ve got a good relationship with him.’
Musk has been cosying up to many top right-leaning politicians – even landing a ‘top’ new position in the US government.
Trump confirmed Musk would head a new department aimed at creating a more efficient government.
The position, if legitimate, would hand even more influence to the world’s richest man.
In a statement, the president-elect said Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy ‘will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies’.
Trump said the new department will realize long-held Republican dreams and ‘provide advice and guidance from outside of government’, signaling the Musk and Ramaswamy roles would be informal, without requiring Senate approval and allowing Musk to remain the head of electric car company Tesla, social media platform X and rocket company SpaceX.
Musk Might Donate $100M to Help Farage Become UK PM
By Jeremy Frankel | Sunday, 01 December 2024
By Jeremy Frankel | Sunday, 01 December 2024
NEWSMAX
X owner Elon Musk might be preparing to give $100 million to Nigel Farage in order to transform British politics, leading U.K. business executives and Conservative Party officials believe, The Times reported.
Musk suggested last week that Farage's Reform Party should form the next government.
This could remove the Conservative Party as the main challenger to Labour before the new leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, has made her mark, and lead to an almost limitless number of anti-government advertisements from Reform.
The donation from Musk would likely be made through the British branch of X, which allows Musk to bypass rules regarding foreign donations to a political party, The Times reported.
Farage said he didn't know if Musk would donate but that he is in touch with him regularly.
"All I can say is that I'm in touch with him and he is very supportive of my policy positions. We both share a friendship with Donald Trump and Trump has said good things about me in front of Musk," he said.
"We've got a good relationship with him."
Jeremy Frankel is a Newsmax writer reporting on news and politics.
X owner Elon Musk might be preparing to give $100 million to Nigel Farage in order to transform British politics, leading U.K. business executives and Conservative Party officials believe, The Times reported.
Musk suggested last week that Farage's Reform Party should form the next government.
This could remove the Conservative Party as the main challenger to Labour before the new leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, has made her mark, and lead to an almost limitless number of anti-government advertisements from Reform.
The donation from Musk would likely be made through the British branch of X, which allows Musk to bypass rules regarding foreign donations to a political party, The Times reported.
Farage said he didn't know if Musk would donate but that he is in touch with him regularly.
"All I can say is that I'm in touch with him and he is very supportive of my policy positions. We both share a friendship with Donald Trump and Trump has said good things about me in front of Musk," he said.
"We've got a good relationship with him."
Jeremy Frankel is a Newsmax writer reporting on news and politics.
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