Elon Musk has thrown his support behind Tommy Robinson while launching a scathing attack on Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, dismissing him as “weak sauce who will do nothing.”
The billionaire Tesla owner said that Farage was unable to deliver meaningful immigration reform, while simultaneously showing support for far-right party Advance UK, led by Ben Habib, the former Deputy Leader of Reform UK.
The party was launched this year following Habib’s departure from Reform UK due to internal disagreements and a reported fallout with Farage and Zia Yusuf.
Musk wrote on X on Tuesday evening: “Advance UK will actually drive change. Farage is weak sauce who will do nothing.”
In a separate post he wrote: “Unfortunately, the reality is that Farage will do almost nothing to protect Britain. That is obvious.
“Existing law is clear that anyone who was an accessory to aggravated rape or murder, especially of children, is guilty of serious crime and must either serve time in prison if a citizen or be deported if not.
“The government simply needs to enforce the law.”
Reform UK has been approached by The Standard for comment.
The X owner’s comments came just hours after Farage unveiled plans to deport up to 600,000 asylum seekers in its first year in power if it wins the next general election.
Farage warned of a “genuine threat to public order” without action to tackle illegal migration as he and Zia Yusuf launched the party’s plans at an event at London Oxford Airport.
Advance UK will actually drive change.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 26, 2025
Farage is weak sauce who will do nothing. https://t.co/Vnw2uTdRRi
Reform UK describes its “Operation Restoring Justice” as a five-year emergency programme to detain and deport illegal migrants and deter future arrivals that they would enact if elected to government.
But Downing Street criticised Mr Farage’s plans as “old gimmicks”, while emphasising Sir Keir Starmer’s grasp of the public’s “strength of feeling” on the issue of small boat crossings, over which the Prime Minister is facing mounting pressure.
Reform UK pledged to scale up detention capacity for asylum seekers to 24,000 and secure deals with countries such as Afghanistan, Eritrea and Iran to return migrants to their countries.
Mr Farage failed to answer when asked how much he would be prepared to pay to Iran and the Taliban to take deportees back.
Musk previously viewed Farage as a favourable contender to be Britain’s next prime minister, although their relationship appears to have soured in recent months.
Previously there were rumours that Musk would donate $100 million to Reform UK in a bid to shake up UK politics.
“All I can say is that I’m in touch with him and he is very supportive of my policy positions” Farage previously said.
“We both share a friendship with Donald Trump and Trump has said good things about me in front of Musk. We’ve got a good relationship with him.”
But in January, Musk had a sudden change of heart, and publicly disowned Farage as a serious contender after Farage’s continual rejection of involving Tommy Robinson in Reform UK.
“The Reform Party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes,” Musk wrote, prompting a surprised response from Farage.
“Well, this is a surprise! Elon is a remarkable individual but on this I am afraid I disagree. My view remains that Tommy Robinson is not right for Reform and I never sell out my principles,” he said.
