Farage distances himself from Musk on Robinson

Reform UK person Nigel Farage has distanced himself from Elon Musk's enactment for jailed far-right activistic Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, besides known arsenic Tommy Robinson.

The tech multi-billionaire added his dependable to calls to merchandise Yaxley-Lennon, who was jailed successful October aft admitting contempt of tribunal by repeating mendacious claims against a Syrian refugee.

Farage has been arrogant to amusement disconnected the enactment of Musk, flying to Florida to conscionable the proprietor of societal media tract X, who helped President-elect Donald Trump triumph the US election.

But Musk's enactment for Yaxley-Lennon is uncomfortable for Farage, who has made it wide implicit a fig of years that helium does not privation him successful his governmental party.

Speaking to Reform UK's East Midlands league successful Leicester connected Friday, Farage said Musk had "a full scope of opinions, immoderate of which I hold with precise strongly, and others of which I americium much reticent about".

Nevertheless, Farage described Musk arsenic a "remarkable caller entrant" into American politics.

Musk, helium said, was a "hero" for buying Twitter. "At slightest with Elon, we've got escaped code back," helium added.

Farage said: "Whether we similar everything helium says oregon not, helium is simply a hero."

With Musk said to beryllium minded to springiness Reform UK a sizeable donation, Farage believes helium remains "very helpful" to the party's cause.

On Friday, Health Secretary Wes Streeting deed retired astatine Musk's onslaught connected the government's handling of grooming gangs, calling it "misjudged and surely misinformed".

Musk had posted a bid of messages connected X, accusing Sir Keir Starmer of failing to prosecute gangs that systematically groomed and raped young girls, and calling for safeguarding curate Jess Phillips to beryllium jailed.

Asked astir his comments, Streeting said the authorities took "the contented of kid intersexual exploitation incredibly seriously".

The Tories person besides criticised Musk for "sharing things that are factually inaccurate".