Nigel Farage has revealed what was really said in his recent high-profile meeting with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk in the US.

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The trio met at US president-elect Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, where they spoke about a number of issues.

Farage said on GB News: “Two things we talked about. The margins by which Trump won in the seven key swing states. And the person behind that was one Elon Musk.

“I spent an hour going through with him what his strategy was – how he got new voters registered, how he used various tech tools to get them out to vote on the day. I took copious notes, I learnt a huge amount.

“(Musk’s) already given me huge help – understanding the process from start to finish, reaching disaffected communities who feel there’s no point voting for anybody. Just to get them to agree with you or to like me on TikTok – that isn’t enough, you’ve got to get them to vote.

“Inevitably, we did discuss money. Now, that’s a negotiation we would go back and have again. He’s not against giving us money, he hasn’t fully decided he will. If he does it wouldn’t be the ludicrous numbers in the Sunday Times (£200 million).

“But the most important thing is this, this is what Musk said to me: British politics now has a uni-party, there isn’t much to choose. And he genuinely fears that the mother country of the English-speaking world is going down the tubes. He agrees Britain needs reform, he’s right behind me.”

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Farage went on to discuss the law around Musk donating to Reform given he’s an American citizen, originally from South Africa. He said “there are ways” for him to donate through UK interests.

Elon Musk donated at least $260 million to Donald Trump’s election campaign. In exchange, Trump has nominated him to lead the currently non-existent “Department of Government Efficiency”.

Friendliness towards Trump has proven to be profitable for industries looking to avoid regulation. Oil and gas executives donated millions to Trump’s campaign, with the former president promising to “drill, baby, drill”.

Musk will also benefit in other ways from his investment. In the month since the US election, his net worth has jumped by $170 billion. His company SpaceX has moved into building spy satellites just as the Pentagon appears ready to invest billions in that market. Musk has also allegedly attempted to block unionisation among Tesla workers, and Trump is anti-union.

Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s former First Minister, said today that alarm bells should be ringing “right up and down” British politics about the threat posed by Musk, given his reported plans to bankroll the far right.