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   Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 00:14:54 JST Laffy

   “ #Musk has called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as leader of Reform UK, just weeks after it was claimed the multi-billionaire was in talks to donate a large sum to the party..

   Farage defended Musk to the BBC on Sunday, saying "free speech was back", after the tech entrepeneur attacked #UK govt's response to grooming gangs”
   https://bbc.in/40mjV1I

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     Ivor (ivor@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 00:14:54 JST Ivor

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     @GottaLaff he is a director (I think still majority shareholder) of Reform Party UK Ltd, so, unfortunately, can't be got rid of easily just because Musk suddenly turns against him.

     Reform is only UK political party still run as a limited company. His followers are either ignorant of this or are just ignorant.

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     HarriettMB (harriettmb@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 00:15:26 JST HarriettMB

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     @GottaLaff It’s absolutely hilarious and all over media in the UK and Ireland already. Farage [🐸] had a softball interview with Laura Kuenssberg of the BBC this morning, and got away with all kinds of lies and nonsense. His bubble is well burst this afternoon. I loathe Musk as much as I loathe 🐸, because he knows nothing about politics anywhere - and he had recently offered $100 million to ReformUK Ltd [🐸 political party, and the only one that is a Limited Company]. I don’t think the money will be forthcoming.
     The reason Musk has done this is because he wants convicted and currently incarcerated racist, and all round bad boy Stephen Yaxley-Lennon/Tommy Robinson out of jail and favours him.
     Here’s a link to the POS that Musk favours - it’s a long read.
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson