Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson have said far-right figure Tommy Robinson is not welcome in Reform UK, after billionaire Elon Musk expressed support for the jailed activist.
On whether Reform UK would accept support from Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, in the future, Mr Farage told GB News: “We’re a political party aiming to win the next general election. He’s not what we need.”
Mr Farage’s fellow Reform UK MP, Lee Anderson added his voice in a negative, writing on X: “I would not welcome Tommy Robinson into Reform UK.”
The MP for Clacton in Essex added that Mr Musk, who backed Donald Trump’s winning campaign in last year’s US presidential election, “is helping us all right”.
Mr Farage said: “It’s a mixture of things as to how he fought that ground campaign for the Republicans in the key states, seven key states, and that was the task that he picked up, so we’ve learned a lot from that.”
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