{"id":19985,"date":"2024-12-01T08:43:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T08:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19985"},"modified":"2024-12-01T08:43:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T08:43:38","slug":"elon-musk-could-be-about-to-give-nigel-farage-100m-in-an-attempt-to-make-him-next-prime-minister-and-hurt-keir-starmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19985","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk &#039;could be about to give Nigel Farage $100m&#039; in an attempt to make him next prime minister and hurt Keir Starmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\" auto_robot_readability=\"88.691711100339\">\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=TOM+MIDLANE\" class=\"author\">TOM MIDLANE<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2024-12-01T01:52:12+0000\"> 20:52 EST, 30 November 2024 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2024-12-01T07:36:09+0000\"> 02:36 EST, 1 December 2024 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/11.5.0\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/18.1.1\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/13.9.1\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/18.1.4\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/18.1.4\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if gte IE 8]><!--> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-fff\/2.5.0\/styles\/fff.css\" \/> <!--<![endif]-->  <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. More info available at\n    http:\/\/www.omniture.com -->  <\/p>\n<p>         <!-- End SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. -->  <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->   <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n  \n  <noscript><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/gunther-2159\/video_bundle--.css\"><\/noscript>\n  \n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> --> <link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/videoplayer\/7.10.0\/styles\/mol-fe-videoplayer.min.css\" as=\"style\" onload=\"this.rel='stylesheet'\" \/> <noscript><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/videoplayer\/7.10.0\/styles\/mol-fe-videoplayer.min.css\" \/><\/noscript>  <!-- <![endif]-->   <!-- CWV --><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" auto_robot_readability=\"77.419301164725\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After helping to bankroll <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/news\/donald_trump\/index.html\" id=\"mol-26c72790-af82-11ef-b33e-dfedc42e317a\">Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s crushing 2024 election victory, rumours are now flying that <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/sciencetech\/elon-musk\/index.html\" id=\"mol-26c97180-af82-11ef-b33e-dfedc42e317a\">Elon Musk<\/a> could donate $100m as a &#8216;f*** you Starmer payment&#8217; to help make <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/news\/nigel_farage\/index.html\" id=\"mol-26fabab0-af82-11ef-b33e-dfedc42e317a\">Nigel Farage<\/a> the next UK Prime Minister.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Musk has already vocally expressed his distaste for the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/news\/labour\/index.html\" id=\"mol-4f898090-af84-11ef-b33e-dfedc42e317a\">Labour<\/a> leader, branding him &#8216;two-tier Kier&#8217; over claims that UK police treat some groups more harshly than others,\u00a0and even suggesting that Sir Keir was setting up detainment camps in the Falkland Islands for rioters, which he was later forced to retract.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His political action committee America Pac spent more than $200m to help ensure a Trump win, including a $1m-a-day giveaway lottery in the marginal state of <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/news\/pennsylvania\/index.html\" id=\"mol-27171c50-af82-11ef-b33e-dfedc42e317a\">Pennsylvania<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Now The Times has reported that senior Conservative figures and business leaders beliee there is a real possibilty of Musk making a huge donation to Farage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And writing on social media platform X (formerly <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/sciencetech\/twitter\/index.html\" id=\"mol-27148440-af82-11ef-b33e-dfedc42e317a\">Twitter<\/a>), he appeared to endorse his friend Nigel Farage&#8217;s Reform Party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After an account called Inevitable West posted &#8216;BREAKING: Former <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/news\/conservatives\/index.html\" id=\"mol-27145d30-af82-11ef-b33e-dfedc42e317a\">Tory<\/a>\u00a0minister Andrea Jenkins has joined Reform UK. Reform will win the next election,&#8217; the billionaire tycoon reposted it, simply adding Yes&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dame Andrea Jenkyns became the MP for\u00a0Morley and Outwood in West Yorkshire at the 2015 <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/news\/general-election\/index.html\" id=\"mol-b8e98e80-af85-11ef-b33e-dfedc42e317a\">general election<\/a> and served as\u00a0Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills before losing her seat in Labour&#8217;s 2024 landslide victory.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Musk&#8217;s reposted the tweet to his 206 million followers and it was subsequently liked 159,000 times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On Saturday evening, Farage said he was unsure if Musk was planning to donate any money to Reform but the pair were in frequent contact and were good friends.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" auto_robot_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a30e387948759dfd\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/01\/01\/92663235-14144753-Elon_Musk_appeared_to_endorse_Nigel_Farage_s_Reform_Party_with_t-m-108_1733017463153.jpg\" height=\"638\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Elon Musk appeared to endorse Nigel Farage's Reform Party with this post on his X platform - the two are known to be friends\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a30e387948759dfd\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/01\/01\/92663235-14144753-Elon_Musk_appeared_to_endorse_Nigel_Farage_s_Reform_Party_with_t-m-108_1733017463153.jpg\" height=\"638\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Elon Musk appeared to endorse Nigel Farage's Reform Party with this post on his X platform - the two are known to be friends\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Elon Musk appeared to endorse Nigel Farage&#8217;s Reform Party with this post on his X platform &#8211; the two are known to be friends\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" auto_robot_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b3ab560413ca4693\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/01\/01\/92662909-14144753-image-a-105_1733015937132.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Elon Musk's America PAC donated $200m towards Trump's reelection and the pair have been joined at the hip in recent months - and the Tesla CEO is known to be friends with the Reform leader\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b3ab560413ca4693\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/01\/01\/92662909-14144753-image-a-105_1733015937132.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Elon Musk's America PAC donated $200m towards Trump's reelection and the pair have been joined at the hip in recent months - and the Tesla CEO is known to be friends with the Reform leader\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Elon Musk&#8217;s America PAC donated $200m towards Trump&#8217;s reelection and the pair have been joined at the hip in recent months &#8211; and the Tesla CEO is known to be friends with the Reform leader<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" auto_robot_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f81d758e31798286\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/01\/01\/92663301-14144753-image-a-107_1733016359674.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Nigel Farage speaking in Parliament after getting elected as an MP on his eighth attempt\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f81d758e31798286\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/01\/01\/92663301-14144753-image-a-107_1733016359674.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Nigel Farage speaking in Parliament after getting elected as an MP on his eighth attempt\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Nigel Farage speaking in Parliament after getting elected as an MP on his eighth attempt\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" auto_robot_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-feefe0ad55cae284\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/01\/01\/92663299-14144753-image-a-106_1733016352655.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Farage claps jubilantly while in attendance at a Trump rally in\u00a0Pennsylvania on the night of the 2024 US election\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-feefe0ad55cae284\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/01\/01\/92663299-14144753-image-a-106_1733016352655.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Farage claps jubilantly while in attendance at a Trump rally in\u00a0Pennsylvania on the night of the 2024 US election\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Farage claps jubilantly while in attendance at a Trump rally in\u00a0Pennsylvania on the night of the 2024 US election\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cAll I can say is that I\u2019m in touch with him and he is very supportive of my policy positions,\u201d Farage told\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/politics\/article\/elon-musk-pay-nigel-farage-prime-minister-xts720xsp\">The Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cWe both share a friendship with Donald Trump and Trump has said good things about me in front of Musk. We\u2019ve got a good relationship with him.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Given the depths of the Tesla CEO&#8217;s pockets, Keir Starmer and\u00a0Kemi Badenoch must be dearly hoping that reports are simply &#8216;fake news,&#8217; as US President Donald Trump might say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But leading business officials and Conservative Party bigwigs believe there is a genuine possibility that the the world\u2019s richest man could be about to make a mega $100m donation to Reform which would transform British politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Such a move could turn Reform into the second party of British politics before new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has had time to establish her party&#8217;s new identity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Donations from foreign individuals are illegal under UK election law, so if Musk to donate it would likely need to be through the British arm of his social media giant X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">President Donald Trump&#8217;s former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon has also thrown his support behind Mr Farage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A close supporter of Farage said: \u201cElon admires Farage and wants him to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Elon Musk &#8216;could be about to give Nigel Farage $100m&#8217; in an attempt to make him next prime minister and hurt Keir Starmer<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot><\/p>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot><\/p>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/mpu_comment_desktop_1.html?id=mpu_comment_desktop_1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/politics.einnews.com\/article\/765169682\/2pHrxLud5eBhhAi0?ref=rss&amp;ecode=kmfm9fDbRbj4OPCJ\">politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By TOM MIDLANE Published: 20:52 EST, 30 November 2024 | Updated: 02:36 EST, 1 December 2024 After helping to bankroll Donald Trump&#8216;s crushing 2024 election victory, rumours are now flying that Elon Musk could donate $100m as a &#8216;f*** you Starmer payment&#8217; to help make Nigel Farage the next UK Prime Minister.\u00a0 Musk has already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}