Elon Musk could be giving $100m to Nigel Farage to help Reform UK win next election
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, like Donald Trump, is mates with Elon Musk and has recently spoken about the possibility of the richest man in the world dropping a tidy $100m (£79m) in Reform UK's bank account
Elon Musk, otherwise known as Donald Trump's fairy godmother (after helping him win the presidency), now has his sights set on the UK.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, like the orange manbaby, is mates with Musk and has recently spoken about the possibility of the richest man in the world dropping a tidy $100m (£79m) in Reform's bank account.
This comes after gossip around the commons said Elon Musk offered this.
To put that figure in perspective when it comes to politics, that's far more than the major parties spend on election campaigns.
Nigel would have a fat wallet putting him in good stead to take Reform UK to Number 10.
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From one year before an election up until the day, parties are limited to how much moolah they can plough into their campaigns. Currently it stands at just over £50k per constituency they're trying to bag. This means trying to take the whole country sets a party back about £34m. If Nigel gets his money from the tech billionaire, Reform UK could easily afford the max.
The Times this weekend reported fears among Nigel's political opponents in the UK that the world’s richest man is about to get out his chequebook — to the tune of $100 million — and support Farage’s fight.
This would be less than 0.03% of Elon Musk's net worth.
Farage told the paper he did not know whether Musk would give his party — which took chunks out of the Conservative Party’s vote in this year’s election and now has eyes on Labour — any cash.
He said: “All I can say is that I’m in touch with him and he is very supportive of my policy positions.
“We both share a friendship with Donald Trump and Trump has said good things about me in front of Musk. We’ve got a good relationship with him.”
When asked if Elon was planning on helping him, Nigel said: That's what friends are for."
Last week, Elon Musk replied to a comment on X saying "Reform will win" the next UK election, by simply saying: "Yes."
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