ELON Musk has launched a poll asking if America should “liberate” Brits from our “tyrannical government” after turning on Nigel Farage.
The billionaire X owner’s post has led to more than 266,000 votes – with 68.2% in favour of such action.
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It comes after he said the Reform Party must find a new leader in retaliation to Farage claiming he was wrong to praise far-right agitator Tommy Robinson.
Musk had called Robinson a “political prisoner” – despite him actually being jailed for contempt of court.
Both Musk and Farage are previously been complimentary of one another and are both staunch advocates of US President elect Donald Trump.
The fallout came just hours after Farage had defended the tech billionaire’s attacks on Sir Keir Starmer’s grooming gang “failures”.
In his escalating dispute with Sir Keir, Musk said the PM had failed to properly prosecute rape gangs while director of public prosecutions (DPP), and has repeatedly shared posts from MPs calling for a national inquiry.
The billionaire also suggested that Home Office minister Jess Phillips “deserves to be in prison” in a series of posts on X.
Calls for a national inquiry into the rape and abuse of thousands of girls across the country have grown in recent days.
Earlier this week, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch emphasised the importance of an official Government-led probe.
The new Labour government faces mounting pressure to address the need for an investigation into the decade-long, large-scale abuse by paedophiles.
Farage had told the BBC support from Musk made the opposition challengers “look cool with huge numbers of young people”, describing him as “a hero”.
However, Farage said the Space X and Tesla boss was wrong about describing Robinson as a political prisoner for speaking out about grooming gangs.
Robinson was jailed in October for contempt of court for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee.
Farage added he would have a word when the pair meet at Donald Trump’s inauguration in two weeks time about why he was misguided.
But in a post on his X platform on Sunday afternoon, Musk hit back: “The Reform Party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes.”
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