On Thursday, an account on X posted news of the latest Tory defection to Reform’s ranks with the comment: “Reform will win the next general election.”
Sharing the post with his more than 200 million followers, Musk said: “Yes.”
Reform declined to comment on The Times story Monday. The party’s former Director of Communications Gawain Towler raised an eyebrow at what he called “febrile Westminster gossip.” But he said the donation was not “100 percent out of the question,” arguing that Musk sees the U.K. as “where the ideas of liberty and freedom came from in the first place.” Musk, he said, has an “emotional attachment” to Britain.
Tories: You’re only helping Labour
Reform still trails Labour and the Tories in terms of House of Commons seats. But it is currently polling at 18 percent nationally, according to POLITICO’s Poll of Polls, and came second to Labour in a string of seats at the general election.
Musk meanwhile has little time for Britain’s current government. He has feuded repeatedly with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on X, weighing in on domestic politics and boosting news stories critical of the center-left Labour leader.
For now, even speculative reports of closer ties between Musk and Farage are enough to have Conservatives hoping for a change of heart.
