Nigel Farage and Elon Musk in happier times at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. Nigel Farage has hit out at Elon Musk for backing a rival right-wing party in next month’s crucial Makerfield by-election.
The Reform UK leader accused the X owner of trying “to split the right of British politics” by supporting Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain party.
Lowe was elected as a Reform MP in 2024, but left the party to set up his own outfit following a spectacular bust-up with Farage.
Voters in Makerfield will go to the polls on June 18 in what is expected to ...


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