Elon Musk, the tech titan who has revolutionised space travel and electric cars, has once again waded into British politics with the subtlety of a Cybertruck crashing into a late summer vicarage garden party. His latest intervention came via a tweet endorsing Advance UK, the fledgling splinter group led by Ben Habib, former Reform UK deputy leader and Brexit party MEP. ‘Advance UK will actually drive change,’ Musk declared, dismissing Nigel Farage as ‘weak sauce who will do nothing.’ This was in direct response to Tommy Robinson’s call for supporters to rally behind Habib’s outfit, while urging figures like Rupert Lowe to join. But make no mistake: this isn’t really about Habib or Farage. It’s about Robinson, the Luton-born activist whom Musk has increasingly lionised.
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