Nigel Farage has insisted he is still friends with Elon Musk and has spoken to him since his online attack that the Reform MP “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead his party. In an interview with Sky News, Mr Farage responded to the fall-out, saying: “Of course we’re friends. He just says what he thinks at any moment in time.”

Mr Musk’s allyship with Mr Farage would seem like a natural fit, given that the Reform leader’s relationship with Mr Trump goes back much further. The pair first met in 2016, shortly after the president-elect’s first election victory, and they are thought to have remained allies since.

The budding alliance between Nigel Farage and Elon Musk appears to have broken down over Musk's support for Tommy Robinson. Just a month ago, the Times reported that Musk was considering a huge £80 million donation to Farage's Reform party.

ELON Musk has called for a new leader of Reform after Nigel Farage said he was wrong to praise far-right agitator Tommy Robinson. But it came just hours after the opposition politician had

Nigel Farage has insisted he is still friends with Elon Musk and has spoken to him since he claimed the Reform MP “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead his party. In an interview with Sky News, Mr Farage responded to the fall-out, saying: “Of course we’re friends. He just says what he thinks at any moment in time.”

Farage told journalists his party was in "negotiations" with Mr Musk, the world's richest man, about a potential donation. But come the new year, the relationship had soured, with Tesla boss Mr Musk saying Farage "did not have what it takes" to lead the party.

The billionaire diverted his support away from Farage to lead Reform UK earlier this week with Errol Musk echoing his claims.

Farage has expressed his desire to repair his relationship with billionaire Elon Musk after tensions arose over a potential donation to the Reform UK party.