Elon Musk and Nigel Farage: A timeline of Reform leader’s relationship with the tech billionaire These two figureheads of the right don’t always agree... The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2025
OPINION - Beth Rigby: Watch out Kemi, watch out Keir, Nigel Farage and Reform are coming for you Political editors of national broadcasters have two main jobs. One is to stick to the Prime Minister like glue, following them on foreign trips, covering speeches and Commons appearances to document No 10’s priorities and pitfalls for a public that will decide whether to give the PM another term. The… Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025
Rayner: I’d meet with Musk to challenge him on factually incorrect attacks The Deputy Prime Minister suggested the billionaire should be ‘correcting the record as soon as possible’ over information shared on his X platform. Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025
Fact check: How many children have been the victims of grooming gangs? Full Fact has found a widely-shared estimate that a million children have been victims is not reliable, but the true total remains unclear. Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025
Head of security at Essex centre for disabled asylum seekers removed over alleged far-right views YouTube channel apparently belonging to official at Clacton accommodation suggests support for EDL and Tommy Robinson The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2025
Elon Musk has discussed strategies to oust PM Keir Starmer: Reports Elon Musk has gone on a social media rampage against Keir Starmer in recent months. Fortune · Jan 9, 2025
All British politicians should immediately distance themselves from the foreign interference of Elon Musk British politics entered the new year in a state of online siege from the incoming US government’s ironically named “efficiency tzar” and discourse provocateur (aka “troll”), Elon Musk. The Conversation · Jan 9, 2025
Does UK need another national inquiry into rape and sexual abuse gangs? Has there been a cover-up or a lack of action over ‘grooming gangs’, and why is Elon Musk supporting Tommy Robinson? The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025
Rapper convicted of posting ‘menacing’ video directed at Tommy Robinson Birmingham-based drill musician known as Twista Cheese made gun gesture in video and shouted ‘pow, pow, pow’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025
‘We want justice’: Woman gang raped in Oldham aged 12 demands grooming inquiry but tells far right to stay out Samantha Walker-Roberts, 31, wants Keir Starmer to ‘do right for survivors’ but warns ‘we don’t want Tommy Robinson involved’ The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2025
Keir Starmer takes swipe at Nigel Farage over Elon Musk snub Sir Keir Starmer took a swipe at Nigel Farage after Elon Musk snubbed the Reform UK leader. The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2025
'No one can censor him': Why Elon Musk is obsessing over UK grooming gangs A SERIES of online attacks from Elon Musk has created what has been coined as 'a civil war' in the UK with Tommy Robinson's influence evident ... The National (Scotland) · Jan 8, 2025
Rapper Twista Cheese accused of posting ‘menacing’ video about Tommy Robinson found guilty Omar Abdirizak swore about jailed far-right figure and made gun gesture while shouting ‘pow, pow, pow’ in viral TikTok video The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2025
Susanna Reid shuts down Elon Musk’s dad after comparing Tommy Robinson to Nelson Mandela Musk’s father hit out at Reid for asking her a ‘stupid question’ about his son’s ‘genius’ The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2025
The Guardian - US · Jan 8, 2025 There is little the US can do to constrain Elon Musk. But here are some ideas The tech billionaire is not the first person in history to be seduced by the thrill of unconstrained power
FourFourTwo · Jan 8, 2025 Liverpool stance on Elon Musk takeover revealed, with billionaire interested in buying Reds The Tesla boss has expressed his desire to one day own the Merseysiders
The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025 Wednesday briefing: What Elon Musk’s focus on grooming gangs reveals about alt-right online discourse In today’s newsletter: The owner of X, who previously said ‘civil war is inevitable’ in Britain, has stoked online unrest with incendiary comments about the UK
International Business Times UK · Jan 8, 2025 Elon Musk's Nigel Farage Donation 'On Hold' As The Two Remain Divided Over Tommy Robinson The budding alliance between Nigel Farage and Elon Musk appears to have broken down over Musk's support for Tommy Robinson.
International Business Times UK · Jan 7, 2025 Elon Musk Says 'Thank You, Britain!' After Poll Reveals Britons Celebrate His Involvement In UK Politics Elon Musk thanked Britain after a poll showed many support his role in UK politics, but concerns have been raised about his ties to far-right ideologies.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2025 How low will British politics go? Ask Elon, master of the Muskoverse – he’ll decide The unedifying spectacle of would-be strongmen bickering over how to protect women and girls is just the beginning, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025 Nigel Farage says he hopes to ‘mend’ relationship with Elon Musk on trip to US for Donald Trump’s inauguration Reform UK leader steps up pressure on Keir Starmer as he threatens to hold his own hearings into grooming gangs if the government does not
The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025 Speech therapists’ body boss forced to apologise for following Tommy Robinson on X The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists’ board of trustees ordered a formal investigation, including appointing a barrister
Evening Standard · Jan 7, 2025 Speech therapists’ body boss apologises after following Tommy Robinson on X The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists’ chief executive Steve Jamieson said he was unaware he had been following the jailed activist.
Evening Standard · Jan 7, 2025 'I don’t want war with Elon Musk,' says Nigel Farage after US tycoon said he shouldn't be Reform leader Musk turned against Farage after he refused to back Tommy Robinson
The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025 Farage hopes to repair Musk relationship on trip to US The Reform UK leader declined to criticise Elon Musk over his description of minister Jess Phillips as a ‘rape genocide apologist’.