The two men had appeared to be allies as recently as last month, when they were photographed together at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. But after Farage distanced himself from far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson, the billionaire broke with the British politician. Musk is a vocal supporter of Robinson, the founder of the … Read more
The budding alliance between Nigel Farage and Elon Musk appears to have broken down over Musk’s support for Tommy Robinson. Just a month ago, the Times reported that Musk was considering a huge £80 million donation to Farage’s Reform party. Farage initially downplayed such reports but later confirmed that money was discussed when he met … Read more
The tensions around the scandal contributed to race riots that took place in August, during which Musk also clashed with the United Kingdom’s government. Against this backdrop, Musk’s strident criticism of centrist and center-left politicians like Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips, a Home Office minister, is not unexpected — the Tesla entrepreneur’s politics … Read more
Robinson was banned from Twitter in 2018 for violating its guidelines on “hateful content,” but his account was reinstated last year following Musk’s takeover and rebranding of the platform. He is currently serving an 18-month prison sentence for breaching a court order relating to false claims about a Syrian schoolboy he had made in a … Read more
Flattery from Macron Musk hasn’t yet thrown his endorsement behind Marine Le Pen and the French far right. But President Macron — who, like Scholz in Germany, is politically fragile and facing domestic turbulence — is desperate to get him onside. He has been urging the tech entrepreneur, alongside Trump, to attend a major artificial … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that Jess Phillips, a Labour Home Office minister, deserves to be in prison after it was reported that she blocked requests for a public inquiry into sexual grooming gangs in Oldham. The grooming gang scandal only came to light in the last decade, but in all likelihood has been … Read more
Musk’s comments come amid an ongoing feud with the U.K.’s governing Labour Party — and just days after the tech billionaire spoke out in support of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. “Musk’s support not just for Tommy Robinson, but also the AfD in Germany, shows just how big a problem he is for … Read more
Musk — a key donor to and ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — shared the documentary with his more than 210 million followers on the X platform he owns. Robinson is one of the most high-profile far-right figures in the U.K. His demonstrations in London often attract thousands of supporters. Robinson is a former … Read more
It’s extremely rare for Telegram to “nuke” a whole channel, said Squirrell, who previously worked as a senior adviser on counter-terrorism to the British government. However, the platform has acted upon notices from the security services or counter-terrorism police before. An example of this was Europol’s “day of action” against ISIS-linked accounts in 2019, where … Read more
Instead of seeking an electoral route, Britain’s largely atomized far right uses social media to organize — and its most prominent figures, and outriders from abroad, leapt on and contributed to the initial disinformation spread in the aftermath of the Southport attack. There appears to be little formal organization behind the rioting — with social … Read more
