The Man of the Moment in the British Press, Nigel Farage Touts Ties With Elon Musk as His Reform UK Party Rises

Farage Says Musk has been ‘a huge help’ in winning over the young people who might in years past have gone for Labour but now see Reform UK as the way out of Britain’s financial difficulties.

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The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, during the New York Young Republican Club's annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street, December 15, 2024, at New York. AP/Yuki Iwamura

LONDON — Nigel Farage is the man of the moment in the British press. Whether his moment will extend to a year or two before another election for parliament — and the chance to boot out the Labour Party prime minister, Keir Starmer — is another matter, but he and his Reform UK party are riding a publicity wave like none other in the left-to-right spectrum of British politics. 

“As Labour support has continued to rise, Reform has picked up the slack,” a report in the conservative Daily Telegraph says. “Hence experts are watching next May’s local elections to see where we’re headed.” 

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