Musk making the typical American mistake of thinking politics here is as polarised in the US.
No, the British right doesn't automatically support the jailed Yaxley-Lennon. Some think he's just a gobby twat.
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That’s the problem with the US: the majority™️ over here think “gobby twat” Is an admirable trait…
Or they owe her hush money
But he's my guy!
I think Musk overestimates his popularity among the European supporters of far right parties. Recently came back from the holidays in rural east Germany, where lots of people vote that way, and people abhor him over there.
Musk thinks that because he is rich, all his ideas are valid.
He has no idea of things that anyone in the UK could tell you. Reform is only a thing because of Farage. Without him it's dead, and frankly, it should and will be even with him. The Tory faithful will return to the fold now their protest vote delivered a Labour government with a massive majority.
Tommy Robinson is popular with football hooligans and that's about it.
Ha! Even Farage wants him to fuck off! I love it!
"Don't you get it? If we associate with Elon, people might think we're the baddies!"
I think at this point it must be argued that Musk is an inside agent seeking to accelerate the downfall of capitalism by making it clear how dangerous it is to concentrate wealth to this degree.
Well, that, or he is planning on taking USA full Russia. Extremism and misinformation from the top down.
Or, like drugs or something?
He just doesn't seem smart enough to engineer the first two options unless someone else is doing all the thinking for him (which seems entirely possible).
Mr Elong Fuckup, showing what a dim-witted fucking idiot he is
It's interesting to see the hierarchy of embarrassment that conservatives have found themselves stuck in. Average Tory voter < Tory party < Nigel Farage < Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson.
Farage should have stayed quiet about Musk and Robinson. Now everyone knows how vulnerable he feels about being the next Nick Griffin.
The whole of the right is allowing itself to get completely tainted by it's lowest denominator at the moment.