An unlikely double act could soon blow Britain's stuffy politics to SMITHEREENS...good I say - Kwasi Kwarteng
Nigel Farage left baffled by reports of Elon Musk donation
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Farage and Musk. Elon and Nigel. To some this would be a dynamic duo, to others this pairing is a nightmare, a symptom of everything that’s gone wrong with the UK and the US in the last few years.
Our woke warriors, the Left, the assorted ranks of Islington human rights lawyers, centrist dads, and BBC executives will recoil at the thought of Nigel being given huge financial support from Musk, the richest man on the planet. Reports have quoted a figure in the region of £70million.
No doubt, Musk's support for Donald Trump was helpful, though Trump himself, as a former President, did not need it so much. Trump is a cult figure in the US. He is also a supreme egotist. He is way bigger than Musk, at least in his own outsized head. For Farage, the leader of a startup party, any money would be very much appreciated.
Although they might seem like an odd pairing, Farage and Musk are both disrupters who have challenged and often subverted the status quo in their respective fields, bringing about seismic changes.
With Brexit, Farage overturned the British political landscape as much as any of Musk’s companies have upended the business world.
I know Farage quite well. I regularly appear on his daily show. I have to say I find interacting with him on television hugely enjoyable. There is always free, open debate. Nigel will always have a point of view, and though you are unlikely to change his mind, he relishes debate and open discussion.
This is in total contrast to the cancel culture, and groupthink attitudes of so much of the modern media, be it in Britain or the United States.
Farage, above all else, is a champion of freedom of thought. He has always practised that creed in his broadcasting.
It was, of course, freedom of speech that promoted Musk's entry into public debate when he bought the Twitter platform. He wants it to be “a platform for free speech around the globe”.
What unites Elon Musk and Nigel Farage terrifies Britain's existing political order, writes Kwasi Kwarteng
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This passion for free speech, and the free exchange of ideas is what, I sincerely believe, unites both of these mavericks. The prospect of their effective partnership terrifies many people in this country.
Both Farage and Musk want to fight wild, woke values, cancel culture and the tiredness of the old parties, the old way of doing things. Musk was a democrat supporter who backed Barack Obama twice, I believe, as well as Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. His conversion to becoming a Trump fanboy has been recent and abrupt.
Farage has fought what he regards as a social democratic, leftist establishment for decades. He has been both persistent and utterly consistent in his views.
Both Musk and Farage perceive that politics is not working. The Democratic Party according to Musk has been totally unmoored from its roots.
It used to be for the working man and woman, but now represents fashionable urban elites, drenched in wokeism which patronises minority groups, while barely concealing its contempt for working people.
Farage has long perceived traditional British politics as a racket where there was no substantive difference between the three main parties, Liberal Democrats, Labour and Conservative.
LibLabCon - his supporters sometimes say, with the emphasis on the “con”.
I don’t agree with this. There is, in my view, a big difference between the conservatives on one side, and Labour and the Liberals, on the other.
Labour and the Liberals espouse socialist policies and are clearly embarrassed by many aspects of Britain’s great history.
What is clear, however, is that the Musk/Farage double act poses a grave threat to the established political order in Britain.
With Musk's considerable financial help, Farage could, like a latter-day Guy Fawkes, blow the whole political edifice, as we have known it, to smithereens.
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