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Coffee House Shots: Farage vs Musk

Coffee House Shots: Farage vs Musk

Update: 2025-01-07
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How do you solve a problem like Elon? We have spent much of the past week talking on the podcast about Labour vs Musk, and the tech billionaire’s vocal criticism of how the government is dealing with the grooming gang scandal. But Reform UK are having their own issues with the volatile owner of X. There have been questions over whether Musk could still bankroll the party after he called for Farage to step down following a disagreement over Musk’s support for the far-right activist Tommy Robinson – but in the last 24 hours, it seems the tech billionaire has rowed back a little on his stance and has returned to reposting Farage’s tweets.



Musk seems to be playing those on the right of British politics against each other, dishing out endorsements – retweets – to a different politician each day. Can anyone trust Musk? And what has the response to the grooming gang scandal revealed about parties on both sides of British politics?



James Heale speaks to Katy Balls and Tim Stanley, columnist for the Telegraph.



Produced by Megan McElroy, Natasha Feroze and Oscar Edmondson
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Coffee House Shots: Farage vs Musk

Coffee House Shots: Farage vs Musk

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