Is Musk interfering with the UK?

[@Shmimbleton]

Reform gets a donation 4x bigger than the Tory donation. Suddenly democracy is at risk! When Tories had a hundred times reform's funding, that's democracy working properly.

[@markrainford1219]

Exactly 🙄

[@ACameronUK]

@@Shmimbleton the two parties aren’t comparable in terms of size though - Reform are artificially inflating their level of support, and Musk’s money will be used to do more of that.

[@waikintang8246]

LEFTWING IS unreasonable.

[@bb5979]

Now it is clear to see how forced and non-organic or democratic the status quo is

[@freezingsorbet3454]

@@ACameronUK Heaven forbid anything should threaten the uniparty.

[@Dee78584]

Are BlackRock and Bill Gates interfering with the UK? Must be a reason Starmer was wining and dining them, I'm sure they didn't come over because of his glowing personality.

[@Billy67]

@@Dee78584 👏👏👏

[@spmoran4703]

But neither of them want to be King of the world. And control the Earth.

[@dalefairbairn6899]

Bill Gate wants to buy the farm land that the farmer will have to sell to deal with inheritance tax. That's why they brought in the inheritance tax in the first place. He he the biggest farm land owner in the United States and he still wants more

[@edwardnugent]

Telegraph probably taking money from Gates. He spend 300million a year to buy the news.

[@tomburroughes9834]

BlackRock goes with the flow. A few years ago, it was all about ESG investing. That's over. Now it is something else.

[@adriancockett]

No starmer is interfering with brits

[@MONG...]

Amazing this network was fine when leaders from Europe came to promote Harris in the US. But now makes these allegations? These people need to take an ethics class😂

[@ACameronUK]

@@MONG... it’s one thing to use your free time to do volunteer work for a candidate. It’s another thing entirely to give them £100 million to try and rig an election. The two things are not comparable.

[@spmoran4703]

yes different thing all ktogether

[@MONG...]

@spmoran4703 oh sure 🤣

[@MONG...]

@ACameronUK yeah right

[@MONG...]

@@ACameronUK Dems proved it is easy to take money from foreign countries with how they use Act Blue to hide it and lie saying all these people kept donating $5 dollars every five minutes 🤔😳🤣

[@bideni408]

Is the UK gov interferimg with democracy?

[@gerardhampson9089]

Certainly are.

[@paulburnett8193]

Yes labour trying to cancel the council elections is interfering with democracy

[@Liambream]

Ohhhhhhh yes. Churchill dog voice

[@stevec6427]

In what way exactly?

[@bideni408]

@stevec6427 going after anyome who dares to say that arent agree with some gov policy? threatening the rest of the people to dont open the mouth ? Going after the freedom press? Deciding that there will be not elections when they party in gov sees they Will be not favoured ?

[@RobertBrian-h6c]

So let me get this , labour has no issue with tens of millions of immigrants, many illegally coming to the UK ,who carry out crimes terrorist offences , change our country beyond recognition, etc but an American , our ally, wants to donate to a British democratic politically party then all uproar

[@gravel7614]

No reason why both those things aren't bad

[@volosix53]

And a ah is Bill Gates interfering with the UK as well as Larry Fink of Blackrock!!!!!

[@Capri-x8m]

Badenoch needs to ask him about that.

[@Grenbestyie]

I hope he's interfering. Its the only hope we have for the next 4 1/2 years

[@JaneSoole]

There are millions of us who are deeply deeply relieved that the UK is not run by the tories - after their 17 year chaos.

[@BobSmith-vo9hv]

Including every Reform voter. What's your point?

[@gravel7614]

I don't think getting someone in charge that owes a foreign power everything is a good idea.

[@steak-a-potamus6231]

Donating to a party is not interfering with democracy. It's not like anyone is sending party members overseas to campaign for a party in a foreign election or anything...........

[@markrainford1219]

🤣

[@gravel7614]

If a smaller party like farages gets heaps of cash to help run the party he will then be indebted or at least owe favours to musk. If farage then gets any power there is a massive conflict of interest. He might as well be 2nd to musk. And at this point musk works for the US government

[@cathymoody2180]

No Musk is not interfering. Nothing wrong with donating to reform.

[@JaneSoole]

He has SAID he is interfering in UK politcs. Which is true then - your version or his?

[@cedroncaine4450]

​@@JaneSooleHow many Labour representatives went to the USA to influence the recent presidential election

[@BobSmith-vo9hv]

Interfere away, be my guest. It's a shame he can't interfere in a William III of Orange/Glorious Revolution style.

[@ACameronUK]

@@cathymoody2180 everything Musk touches turns to garbage.

[@seasonmists]

They all deserve to get on a rudderless tramp steamer and swim to the USA. Oh wait, we are all here.

[@Georgeth-kb6rg]

.. and what about Soros ??

[@Armstrong81]

Well what about 100 activists from north London interfering in USA 🤔

[@Cha4k]

🤫

[@gravel7614]

That's the point of activism. If they get what they want the government doesn't end up owing them anything. But musk bankrolling farage will mean farage owes musk everything. Plus those activists are both British and key to democracy.

[@ResonantMusicLicensing]

The UK have just sent £50 million to a terror organisation in Syria that are listed as an international terror organisation on their own website, whist prosecuting people for Facebook posts and ignoring real crimes... we need help, we need reform, we need common sense, we need to reduce government, we need free speech, we need to support businesses to create jobs. what an embarrassment this country has become. if elon can help then bring it on!

[@davidmiller1215]

No Not At All If LABOUR Can Interfere In America Then Let The Game FLOW

[@rickatatastan2695]

Power is concentrating, just as wealth is concentrating. As companies buy back their own shares, we discover fewer and fewer companies and fewer-and-richer individuals influencing things. We're extremely close to Orwell's worst nightmare.

[@aliciagardner3288]

No, if anything, it is the current UK government who is interfering with the people of the UK and with the democratic process.

[@MrB-j5h]

The democratically elected government is interfering with democracy, not the right-wing billionaire who uses social media to spin lies to get election votes for his autocratic loving friends. Sure, sounds legit.

[@PS-ej2xn]

Musk, please save the UK!

[@JS51-q1i]

Numpty!

[@LacertaProject]

😂😂 fool

[@SidmanJam]

​@JS51-q1i yeah that's why we are in this mess a country ran by a bunch of numptys

[@qqqalo]

He can barely handle the operations of his company (x). I doubt he should have any say in international affairs.

[@seasonmists]

Quiet in the slave seat

[@jimbrown2688]

No. Musk is not interfering. He is assisting with technical advice. At this tiime nothing more.

[@prideofdurham4776]

Musk doing an Ali so no problem , in fact c'mon Elon !

[@shgjjj2879]

Elon musk please save us from the labour/conservative uniparty!

[@JaneSoole]

What a totally stupid thing to say. Elon Musk is out for himself. He's not interested in the welfare of the UK.

[@Marktb363]

Musk is needed, the UK needs help BIG time!

[@MrB-j5h]

We do not want or need any right-wing autocratic loving billionaires pushing their agendas here. Ever.

[@sunilram3968]

Musk is the good guy compared to the rest

[@gravel7614]

How is someone that buys his way into government while making a huge profit from it ever be considered the good guy?

[@dabbery1]

Well, concidering that the Gov is being controlled, and that's interference, Elon working for the good of our country could hardly be called interference.

[@aaronsmyth2026]

Open the bidding...uk for sale.

[@giv123]

It has been for years now

[@Marco_Polo790]

Soros anyone? 🤔

[@RWright-q5e]

Answer: Let's hope so!!

[@RALPHSorrell-c9f]

Donald Trump is going to shill Qvarden Token hard after the inaguration 😂

[@sol5916]

It was never about corporations. People in power brought out corporations to counter the base that used corporations themselves to retain power. Hypocrisy all around, but it shouldn’t be a surprise

[@DeandraMenendez]

Qvarden Token will make millionaires, after CEX listing it will blow up.

[@chieftandriver703]

‘I am meeting Larry Fink, the CEO of Blackrock today.’ Keir Starmer. Nov 2024

[@SezinSibel]

Qvarden Token will go 100x after launch on Binance

[@charlesbuckman9207]

Just let me so many others! Soros comes to mind?

[@davem4131]

LABOUR SENT MP’s OVER TO INtERFERE AND CAMPAIGN FOR KAMALA!!!!! This is such Hypocrisy!!!’

[@chrisstevens104]

Brilliant! Elon, bring it on....

[@ste7759]

america saved us in ww2 !

[@JaneSoole]

ONLY after Pearl Harbour was bombed.

[@JS51-q1i]

Oh please!

[@markrainford1219]

After they bankrupted us first!

[@graveperil2169]

then stabbed us in the back and nicked our nukes

[@belnonaodh1520]

I'm almost certain Elon will try with this donation, but it'll probably be blocked if he does. Brexit is still fresh on people's minds, and the next 4 years of US politics will probably demonstrate exactly what Reform wants to do to the UK.

[@pamelacains6123]

we need reform and musk

[@MichaelPenney-p1n]

Men Ruled World With Post Office

[@spmoran4703]

Well Musk is a subject of The Commonwealth a South African . But he is still cannot leagally interfere with the politics of the UK . Nor can a member of a British parliamentary accept money from a foreigner to promote a British parliamentary party. I hope this gets taken to law .

[@ravenmad9225]

If Labour could send a hundred people to help with Kamala election campaign,Musk can help Reform.

[@Upthecreekwithoutapaddle]

Bring it on we need all the help we can get!

[@brianpowell6058]

When billionaires and corporations own politicians the country becomes a plutocracy, not a democracy.

[@sidlindsay1647]

No but starmer IS.

[@ResonantMusicLicensing]

Is the World Economic Forum interfering with the UK?....

[@monkeyboy8424]

Elon, please save us from Sir Jimmy Starmer's regime - in Reform we trust.

[@fisharefriends598]

Given lord ali and all the prior donors do the same. This is no issue. If the other parties had the ability to generate this donation, nothing would be said. Two tier news reporting

[@NckBrktt]

Nigel has changed his mind and now thinks foreign unelected bureaucrats now fine dictating our policies. Who would have thought it ?

[@katters2222]

I think Reform can win without a massive donation from Musk. This really worries me. I would call that interference in our elections ., and guaranteed the billionaires always want a bang for their buck. !!

[@ianstringer4086]

No more than labour send over 100 delegates to usa to help Harris in her presedent election

[@E_Rex_Sean]

*Britain interferes with US elections* Also Britain “Elon Musk! …… Money! …… Reeeeeeeeeeeeh!”

[@jonesy3159]

Elon is helping to save the UK!

[@GuitarKilf]

Hope so, get the wef out of control of the uk

[@bideni408]

please Elon , help us, help europeans, our govs are takeing out our freedom and democracy........

[@christopherrmcarter1809]

Good on Elon, we are very comfortable with it.

[@susansmith4270]

NO HE ISN'T....WE NEED NIGEL FOR PRIME MINISTER....🎉🎉

[@rayakusu-fosterB]

"$100 MILLION USD IS ONLY A START. UK🇬🇧 GET USE TO WEALTH WITHOUT SORROW" ❤🇬🇧❤

[@Capri-x8m]

This was the same woman who was at the Reform conference asked Zia Yusuf if there were too many "pale, male and stale" people in the party...

[@True_Heretic]

There are too many pale, male and stale people in the world. They are the harbingers of most of the bigotry of the last thousand years,

[@markquinn9972]

Elon and his dad can get British citizenship.

[@familycompactthegrange7014]

Not interfering any more than any of the donors to Labour and the Tories. Been going on for a long time.

[@MONROECunningham]

Should have hedged this election on Qvarden Token 😂😂

[@dalefairbairn6899]

Anyone who donates to a political party must have their own and agendas, Elon musk has conservative leanings.and want to help get rid of a socialist labour government and so do I.

[@NothingIsKnown00]

”Is there a risk in billionaires running politics?” Nah it’s fine. Just look at Russia. It’s going great.

[@chieftandriver703]

Why look at Russia? The Tory party is literally kept afloat by foreign donors. In fact the Chinese businessman and suspected ’spy’ is intimately associated with our political establishment

[@dimas3829]

In mother Russia politics are running billionaires into the windows, though. It's western countries that are controlled by billionaires, duh.

[@Keizer_Soze]

"Is Musk interfering with the UK?" no

[@erikaclose5998]

So what? What is ur problem? I say good if reform gets help from musk. I loved the picture. Great one. Love the 3 guys. U both are not journalists, just bad gossiper.not good n honest doing ur jobs. Leave Elon musk alone. U are just jellous.

[@alanfrost4661]

No more than sausage mans ALI

[@Peter-g1k]

It is illegal for a foreigner to contribute to a British political party

[@dimas3829]

wasn't Musk South African? That's part of the Commonwealth, isn't it? Either way, he is direct result of British Imperial actions and should be considered integral part of UK.

[@johnmd4331]

All he has to do is donate to a British Pac or British Billion that will inturn support Farage.

[@robertwolstenholme-x1n]

I would really like to know why the musk is allowed to interfere in my home country? If this kind of thing happens, I will personally lead the protests.

[@annacrowley7426]

UK Prime minister set the precedent. Interfering in their elections. So left the gate wide open. 🙉🌷

[@bijuthomas9967]

Poor British people sleeping in the street this Media people have no problem 😢.

[@gillianburgess7860]

Happily, yes.

[@dalefairbairn6899]

The answer is no, Elon Musk is not interfering in British politics. He can legally donate to the Reform party. Because he has businesses in the UK and other political parties get donations from business and other organisations The Labour Party get more money donated from private donors than they do from trade unions nowadays. Dale Vincent, the owner of Ecotricty, limited donated 1.5 million to Labour party from his company. Frank Hester donated 15 million to the conservative party it is all above board.

[@karlchris]

I am very comfortable with musks money supporting reform, this current incompetency needs to be addressed

[@matthewreed3963]

vote for Reform UK

[@drbennyboombatz9195]

Much more concerned about Bill Gates, he's absolutely nuts!

[@E_Rex_Sean]

He’s not using his own money properly 😢

[@sadhappy8860]

Love this conversation. So let's talk about NGO's & foreign billionaires interests in the UK. Now that it's suddenly a problem.

[@Outdoorshuntingshooting]

I hope so as we cannot go on like we are.

[@cannz9134]

At this point we are basically the Pod people from the dark crystal, we need all the help we can get

[@flipperfish7]

Masterstroke of Musk to buy that social media platform with a silly name

[@richardkeeble8960]

Elon Musk donation or not reform are already on the up,good luck to them Labour are truly awful now.The sooner tey're gone the better.

[@lyda8598]

😂😂😂😂Musk!!!! He suffers from delusions of grandeur.

[@mikedudley4062]

The intuitions are self serving bureaucracies of self interest, and no longer serve the public who pay for them, run by the unions and leftie extremists. The country has suffered after 27 year's of liberal left government with socialist policies, it needs massive REFORM else we'll end up a failed 3rd world socialist state. My local Reform group forming for the council elections are self employed or own businesses, they've had enough of the shambles of government and are throwing their spare time into changing this debacle of a failed state with wasted tax payers money. We have no money we're using our own to fight this failed incompetent and wasteful system

[@iainmac6136]

No, he's coming to save us.

[@johngee4306]

We all know the opposite is happening and things are turning. Look over there, there’s a rabbit !

[@Peter-g1k]

Yes he is. Of course we do not have to buy his cars.

[@BlackGriffin195]

Hell I hope he's going to interfere. We need someone with brains. This country is being run by idiots and we desperately need help. This pair are not qualified to comment on anything.

[@pedroleigh126]

What about Labour sending 100 people to influence the president race

[@pigsymagic4741]

Not it all if 2TK didn’t interfere in America did he? Als thank heavens Elon seems to be the only one bothered about the poor working taxpayer in the uk

[@davidcarter7310]

I hope so .

[@RobertBrian-h6c]

British pounds not English pounds , cant immigrants get anything right ?

[@carlton7726]

No... starma is

[@georgethompson453]

I wonder if Starmer is going to the President’s inauguration and I wonder who else might be there?

[@jimbo5603]

If there was ever a time we needed intervention in thr uk its now. The last 20 years has been a slow decline that's now picking up pace.

[@listener-md]

I hope so, it needs a lot of interfering with. How long will it be before we are told to wear a post code on all outer garments.

[@applepie8772]

Yes

[@mrlolmaster1019]

PRAISE THE AFRICAN KING!!!

[@freezingsorbet3454]

Spoken like a true organ of the Establishment. Precisely which organ, I'm not at liberty to say.

[@johntease6782]

Sickening dose these two.

[@davidjohns4745]

I hope so ...

[@RS-yl8vy]

Is the telegraph worthy of being toilet paper or just worsthless trash. A real question.