Nigel Farage has insisted he is still friends with Elon Musk and has spoken to him since he claimed the Reform MP “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead his party. In an interview with Sky News, Mr Farage responded to the fall-out, saying: “Of course we’re friends. He just says what he thinks at any moment in time.”

Nigel Farage insisted the pair are still friends despite disagreeing over far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Nigel Farage has told Sky News he "can't be pushed or bullied" by anybody after Elon Musk said the Reform MP "doesn't have what it takes" to lead his party.

Nigel Farage has said he and Elon Musk are still friends but warned he "can't be bullied" after the Tesla boss called for a new Reform UK leader.

Mr Musk’s allyship with Mr Farage would seem like a natural fit, given that the Reform leader’s relationship with Mr Trump goes back much further. The pair first met in 2016, shortly after the president-elect’s first election victory, and they are thought to have remained allies since.

Elon Musk has said Reform UK needs a new leader because Nigel Farage “doesn’t have what it takes”. The tech billionaire’s comments came just hours after Farage described him as “a hero”. His latest intervention on UK politics casts serious doubt on claims he was prepared to make a substantial donation to Reform.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says he is "not scared" to criticise Elon Musk, adding, "I can't be pushed or made to change by anybody".

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is said to be looking at how he and his right-wing pals in the US can disrupt the Labour government and remove Keir Starmer as Prime Minister

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

Elon Musk’s drift to the far right and his burgeoning clash with the U.K government is part of a wider plan to oust Prime Minister Keir Starmer before the next election and plot the ascension of a far-right government,