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Pressure mounts on Farage to resign after break with Musk – POLITICO.eu

Ten Reform UK councillors quit in protest over the “incompetent or malevolent” management of the far-right party.
A group of 10 Reform UK councillors have resigned in a bid to get Nigel Farage to step down as the right-wing party’s leader.
The councillors — all of whom are from the Derbyshire region, which is considered key for Reform’s electoral expansion — on Friday said the party’s current management is “either incompetent or malevolent” […]
Pressure mounts on Farage to resign after break with Musk – POLITICO.eu

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Elon Musk has just embarrassed himself beyond belief.

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Elon Musk, having spent much of 2024 inveigling himself into a position of power in U.S. politics, has a new target in his sights for this year: Europe. Musk has enjoyed sticking his oar into politics on my side of the Atlantic for a while now. He’s been courting a friendship with Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s far-right prime minister, and he posted on X in support of the […]
Elon Musk has just embarrassed himself beyond belief.

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Elon Musk 'saved humanity,' says starry-eyed UK Tory – POLITICO.eu

Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith praises the X owner — as the Tories pray he won’t fund Nigel Farage.
LONDON — Elon Musk “may have saved humanity” by purchasing X, a senior Conservative spokesperson declared — as the U.K.’s main opposition party continued to try and catch the tech billionaire’s eye.
“The Elon Musk purchase of X may have saved humanity,” Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith posted on the platform Musk owns […]
Elon Musk 'saved humanity,' says starry-eyed UK Tory – POLITICO.eu