It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at Nigel Farage’s new Elon Musk problem. The Reform leader has made his career out of operating the very same right-wing ratchet that the Tesla boss is now cranking to drag Farage into difficult territory.
In case you missed it, the weekend saw Musk turn on his fellow Donald Trump admirer, declaring that Farage “doesn’t have what it takes” and that Reform needs a new leader. This came hours after Farage had been on the BBC talking up his connections in Trumpworld and praising Musk as a “hero”.
