Via Sky News (and everywhere else):
Nigel Farage and his party treasurer have met with Elon Musk at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort for the first time since rumours surfaced of a multi-million donation from the tech tycoon.
The Reform UK leader and Nick Candy, the billionaire husband of singer Holly Valance who will take up the fundraising role for Mr Farage’s party in the new year, met on Monday 16 December, the party said.
The meeting comes following reports that Mr Musk was considering donating £78m to Mr Farage – an ally of Mr Trump – as a “f*** you Starmer payment”.
Musk subsequently posted to X/Twitter:
Time for massive Reform in Britain!
This was posted as a reply to “Inevitable West”, an anonymous user who has achieved remarkable success with building up their presence in just two months since the account was established in October 2024. The account (tagline: “Defender of Western values and culture. Embracing heritage, strength, and unity. Follow to uphold the legacy of the West! Jesus Christ is King”) seems to be Musk’s go-to source for news about Britain, and he has amplified it with replies on subjects ranging from Allison Pearson’s supposed intention to sue the Guardian (“Wow”), to Western weapons being used by Ukraine inside Russia (“the problem is that Russia will respond reciprocally”), to the amount of benefits paid to refugees (“crazy”), and to how the defection of ex-MP Andrea Jenkyns means “Reform will win the next election” (“Yes”).
Inevitable West’s particular strategy is to begin many posts with “🚨BREAKING”, although the usage is spurious – what follows is most likely to be either a wild conspiracist extrapolation (such as that the first day of the Southport trial has been scheduled to coincide with the US Presdential inauguration as a “cover up”); or else something the account owner has simply made up, such as a supposed plan by veterans to snub Keir Starmer by turning their backs to him during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph. Even when accurate information appears, it is derivative rather than a new contribution.
Other than that, the account’s content comprises typical tirades against “multiculturalism” and the like – one recent post, billed as “a Christian Priest issues a chilling warning to Europe regarding Islam”, presented an old video of Richard Williamson, a fringe cleric notorious for Holocaust denial. And despite the account’s enthusiasm for Farage and Reform, its owner also apparently has a soft spot for UKIP and for Britain First, who “want their country back” via “Remigration”. Maybe Inevitable West could ask Musk to send them some money too.
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