Nigel Farage has said he is on “very good terms” with Elon Musk after the Tesla boss said that Reform UK needed a new leader. Mr Farage told BBC’s Newsnight “I don’t think there’s any long term rift” with the billionaire, after he had said that Mr Farage “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead the party.

ELON Musk has called for a new leader of Reform after Nigel Farage said he was wrong to praise far-right agitator Tommy Robinson. But it came just hours after the opposition politician had

Nigel Farage has insisted he is still friends with Elon Musk and has spoken to him since he claimed the Reform MP “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead his party. In an interview with Sky News, Mr Farage responded to the fall-out, saying: “Of course we’re friends. He just says what he thinks at any moment in time.”

Losing Elon Musk’s support would harm Reform UK but the relationship can be mended, Nigel Farage has said. The Reform leader said he would be in the United States “for a good sort of four or five days” for Donald Trump ’s inauguration as president, during which time he would meet billionaire Mr Musk.

Nigel Farage has insisted he is still friends with Elon Musk and has spoken to him since his online attack that the Reform MP “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead his party. In an interview with Sky News, Mr Farage responded to the fall-out, saying: “Of course we’re friends. He just says what he thinks at any moment in time.”

Farage told journalists his party was in "negotiations" with Mr Musk, the world's richest man, about a potential donation. But come the new year, the relationship had soured, with Tesla boss Mr Musk saying Farage "did not have what it takes" to lead the party.

The billionaire diverted his support away from Farage to lead Reform UK earlier this week with Errol Musk echoing his claims.

Farage has expressed his desire to repair his relationship with billionaire Elon Musk after tensions arose over a potential donation to the Reform UK party.