Musk calls on the UK Reform Party to change its leader, Nigel Farage

American businessman Elon Musk, who called for voting for the right-wing populist “Reform UK” party as “the only hope,” said that the party needs to change its leader, Nigel Farage.

Musk wrote on his account on the social networking site “X”: “The Reform Party needs a new leader.” Farage does not have what it takes.”

At the same time, Farage had previously written in an article for the Telegraph newspaper that he met Musk at the home of US President-elect Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort, noting that they discussed the issue of financing the British party, and the American businessman left no room for doubt in supporting Farage’s camp. .

As the British newspaper “The Telegraph” points out, Musk and Farage disagreed over the founder of the far-right, anti-Islam “English Defense League” organization, Tommy Robinson, whom Musk “praised” on his social network, while Farage said that Robinson “is not the one we need.” .

It is noteworthy that as a result of the elections held last July, the Labor Party obtained an absolute majority (402 seats) in Parliament, while the “Reform United Kingdom” party obtained only five seats.

Meanwhile, Farage’s party came in third place in terms of the number of votes, with 14.3%, and in terms of the proportion of votes cast, it came in second place in 98 constituencies, with Labor winning 89 of them.

This gap between the votes cast and the number of parliamentary seats is explained by the electoral system in force in the country, according to which the candidate who obtained the largest number of votes in his electoral district enters Parliament.

This is not the first time that Musk has called for voting for a right-wing party. He had previously written in an article for the German newspaper “Welt” that the right-wing “Alternative for Germany” party is the only political force in Germany capable of saving the country from becoming “a shadow of… “It was like it used to be.”

The publication of this material sparked a heated debate in the “Welt” editorial office and in Germany as a whole, as the head of the “Welt” opinion department, Eva Marie Kugel, submitted her resignation after the publication of the material, and described the candidate for the position of German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, from the opposition bloc consisting of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Union. Social media, the article described as unprecedented interference in the German elections. (Russia Today)