Reform MPs including Nigel Farage paid thousands by Elon Musk for posting on X
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The scheme has been branded an ‘unholy alliance’ between the far-right and Elon Musk. Reform MPs including Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson have been accused of profiting from “spreading hateful rhetoric” after it emerged they’ve made thousands of pounds from posting on the social media site X.
![[X’s creator revenue sharing programme was launched under Musk’s leadership in 2023.]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/09/15/SEI235441856.jpg)
Mr Farage, Mr Anderson and Rupert Lowe MP have all declared thousands in payments from the company in their recent parliamentary register of interests, via billionaire Elon Musk’s ‘Creator’ revenue programme. The scheme allows premium users with over 500 verified followers to ‘monetise’ their accounts on the controversial site, which has grown increasingly toxic since it was taken over by Musk in 2022.
![[Lee Anderson has been paid over £1,700 from creator revenue]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/06/20/68ec5371ae6ff0e5f6ccb16f6f1a5b8fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2Mjc4Nzc2-2.78607911.jpg)
More than £10,000 has been paid to the trio since July last year, with Mr Farage having earned the most so far, according to parliamentary filings. The Clacton-on-Sea MP, who has 2.2m followers, has made more than £5,000 since entering the scheme. A Labour source told The Independent: “We’ve always known that - for every person who spreads hateful rhetoric on X because they want to divide our society - there is another set of grifters who do it just to make money. It looks like these Reform MPs fall in both categories, and no-one will be in the least bit surprised.”.
![[Reform UK MP for Great Yarmouth, Rupert Lowe (Tejas Sandhu/PA)]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/08/16/936752d4e6540ecc08c572c0140bf493Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2NDM3NTk3-2.76758426.jpg)
Carla Denyer, MP for Bristol Central and Green Party co-leader, told said the profits mark an “unholy alliance” between the far-right and Elon Musk. “The fact that Reform MPs are profiting financially from posting on Musk’s X tells us all we need to know about how genuine their motives are,” she said.
