A timeline of Reform leader’s relationship with the tech billionaire - These two figureheads of the right don’t always

Elon Musk has called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as leader of Reform UK in a surprising U-turn hours after the British politician refused to endorse some of the tech billionaire’s latest online claims. “The Reform party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes,” Musk wrote on X, his social media site, on Sunday afternoon.

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Elon Musk has suggested that Reform UK needs to replace Nigel Farage with a new leader. The Tesla tycoon said Mr Farage, who founded the party and is credited with its recent surge in the polls, “does not have what it takes”.

Musk has repeatedly posted on X about UK politics since Labour was elected in July. Now the billionaire thinks Nigel Farage should step down.

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