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.

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

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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.

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.

Nigel Farage said he did not want to “go to war” with US billionaire Elon Musk who said he should be replaced as Reform UK leader having previously backed him.

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?

Elon Musk said Nigel Farage should quit as leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party in an abrupt withdrawal of support by the U.S. billionaire for the Brexit campaigner who is trying to shake up the British political establishment again.