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

Reform MP Rupert Lowe said he was standing by party leader Nigel Farage after US tech billionaire Elon Musk called for him to be replaced. The entrepreneur said on X that Farage "doesn't have what it takes" to lead the party - but did not explain his reasoning.

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 MPs including Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson have been accused of profiting from Elon Musk’s X after it emerged they’ve made thousands of pounds from posting on the site. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

Critics say party’s rules make it ‘close to impossible’ to remove the former MEP from the role despite calls from the likes of Elon Musk

Nigel Farage 's Reform UK has come joint first in a national opinion poll for the first time. The survey by Find Out Now put the insurgent party level with Labour on 25%. The Conservatives are five points behind with 20% in the poll of 2,078 British adults carried out yesterday.

STORY: Billionaire Elon Musk said Nigel Farage should quit as leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party on Sunday.It marks an abrupt shift from Musk's previous support for Farage ......who he seemingly backed and posed with in a photograph last month.

The crowd seemed to be having fun, even though it is plain some of those gathered there have been drawn in because they are deeply disgruntled with the status quo in the UK. A newly joined party member said he was there because Farage "is a breath of fresh air" and current politicians were failing to give younger generations a chance to get on.

Following Elon Musk's call for Nigel Farage to step down as Reform leader, do you think it's time the right-wingers had a new face in charge?

A Reform MP has slammed a government assessment into Elon Musk's posts as "pathetic" amid concerns about the danger they pose to UK security. Rupert Lowe said he had asked the Home Office for the cost of the probe to taxpayers by the counter-extremism unit.