Farage defends Elon Musk ‘bromance’ after ‘outlandish’ grooming gangs claims
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Nigel Farage has rushed in to defend his ‘hero’ Elon Musk after the Tesla and X owner attacked the UK government over its handling of grooming gangs. The billionaire took to his social media platform spread some outlandish claims – about how Jess Phillips ‘deserves to be in prison’ and how Sir Keir Starmer failed to bring ‘rape gangs’ to justice during stint as a director of public prosecutions.
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Musk – advisor to US president-elect Donald Trump – also made multiple calls for far-right agitator Tommy Robinson to be released from prison. Responding to the accusations, Farage praised the business magnate, who is rumoured to be planning to invest £80 million to his Reform UK party.
He told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme that Musk had used ‘very tough terms’ but stressed that ‘free speech was back’ on X under his ownership. He said Musk’s ownership of the network makes it a place for ‘proper open debate’.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. ‘This man happens to be the richest man in the world, but equally, the fact that he’s bought Twitter now actually gives us a place where we can have a proper open debate about many things…’ Farage added.
‘We may find it offensive, but it is a good thing, not a bad thing.’. Kuenssberg challenged the leader about his support for Musk’s claim that the PM was ‘complicit’ in the grooming gangs scandal, he said: ‘I believe in free speech, even what people say is offensive.
