Nigel Farage says he 'can't be pushed or bullied' after Elon Musk said Reform needs new leader

Nigel Farage has told Sky News helium "can't beryllium pushed oregon bullied" by anybody aft Elon Musk said the Reform MP "doesn't person what it takes" to pb his party. 

In an interrogation with Sky's political analogous Ali Fortescue, Mr Farage said helium has spoken with the billionaire proprietor of X since his disapproval connected 5 January, erstwhile Mr Musk said: "The Reform Party needs a caller leader. Farage doesn't person what it takes."

Asked if the brace are inactive friends, Mr Farage told Sky News: "Of people we're friends. He conscionable says what helium thinks astatine immoderate infinitesimal successful time."

He added helium has "been successful touch" with Mr Musk, though wouldn't divulge what they had discussed.

"Look, helium said tons of supportive things. He said 1 happening that wasn't supportive. I mean, that's conscionable the mode it is," Mr Farage said.

Asked if helium was acrophobic to criticise the tech mogul, the Clacton MP said the concern was "the opposite", and helium openly disagreed with Mr Musk connected his views connected far-right activistic Tommy Robinson.

Mr Farage said: "What helium [Musk] was saying online was that efficaciously Tommy Robinson was a governmental captive and I wouldn't spell on with that.

"If I had gone on with that, helium wouldn't person enactment retired a tweet that was against me.

"By the way, you know, I can't beryllium pushed oregon bullied oregon made to alteration by anybody.

"I instrumentality to what I believe."

Mr Farage went onto repetition his presumption that Tommy Robinson, presently successful jailhouse for contempt of court, isn't invited successful Reform UK and neither are his supporters.

He said: "If radical wrong Reform deliberation Tommy Robinson should beryllium a subordinate of Reform and play a cardinal relation successful Reform, that disagreement is perfectly fundamental.

"I've ne'er wanted to enactment with radical who were progressive successful the BNP. I've made that wide close passim the past decennary of my on/off governmental career. So that's what the constituent of quality is."

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