{"id":30532,"date":"2025-01-05T19:06:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T19:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/elon-musk-turns-on-nigel-farage-and-calls-for-new-leader-of-reform-5\/"},"modified":"2025-01-05T19:06:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T19:06:39","slug":"elon-musk-turns-on-nigel-farage-and-calls-for-new-leader-of-reform-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/elon-musk-turns-on-nigel-farage-and-calls-for-new-leader-of-reform-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk turns on Nigel Farage and calls for new leader of Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is unclear what prompted Musk to post message on X saying Farage \u2018doesn\u2019t have what it takes\u2019 to be Reform UK\u2019s leader<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk has called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as Reform UK leader hours after Farage described the billionaire businessman as \u201ca hero\u201d, in what is likely to be a preview of how a chaotic Donald Trump presidency could affect British politics.<\/p>\n<p>Farage, who is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/article\/2024\/jul\/11\/nigel-farage-stirs-tensions-in-reform-uk-as-he-ousts-deputies\">the de facto owner<\/a> of Reform, \u201cdoesn\u2019t have what it takes\u201d, Musk said on X, the social media platform he owns, less than three weeks after the pair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2024\/dec\/17\/elon-musk-and-nigel-farage-meeting-renews-reports-he-could-fund-reform-uk\">held seemingly warm talks<\/a> at Trump\u2019s Florida home. \u201cThe Reform party needs a new leader,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2025\/jan\/05\/farage-refuses-to-condemn-free-speech-hero-musks-remarks-on-jess-phillips\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is unclear what prompted Musk to post message on X saying Farage \u2018doesn\u2019t have what it takes\u2019 to be Reform UK\u2019s leader Elon Musk has called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as Reform UK leader hours after Farage described the billionaire businessman as \u201ca hero\u201d, in what is likely to be a preview [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}