Bromance on the rocks: where does Musk’s brush-off leave Nigel Farage?
The Reform leader’s dalliance with the US billionaire looks in trouble after an abrupt about-turn from the X boss
It was the morning after the rather disappointing day before. “At the moment, I am just letting things lie,” Nigel Farage told the Guardian with a dry chuckle on being asked whether he might attempt a rapprochement with the world’s richest man.
It has been quite the three weeks since Farage and Reform’s treasurer, Nick Candy, enjoyed a well-publicised meeting with Elon Musk at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida’s Palm Beach.
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