Musk — a key donor to and ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — shared the documentary along with his greater than 210 million followers on the X platform he owns.
Robinson is likely one of the most high-profile far-right figures within the U.Ok. His demonstrations in London usually entice 1000’s of supporters. Robinson is a former member of the British Nationwide Social gathering, and unsuccessfully stood for the European Parliament in 2019.
Attorneys for the schoolboy, who efficiently sued Yaxley-Lennon for libel, beforehand stated Robinson’s false documentary claims had had “a devastating impact” on him and his household and compelled them to maneuver residence.
It’s simply the newest intervention by Musk in British politics. The tech billionaire has been concerned in an ongoing feud with the governing Labour Social gathering because it took workplace final yr. He’s branded the U.Ok. a “tyrannical police state,” and claimed “civil warfare is inevitable” within the U.Ok. as violence swept the nation over the summer time.
Musk’s endorsement of Robinson can also be probably awkward for Nigel Farage, the rebel Reform UK chief whose right-wing populist celebration has tried to distance itself from the extra fringe parts of the precise within the U.Ok.
Musk has overtly expressed assist for Farage’s celebration and held talks with him at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in December.
The X proprietor has additionally confronted a backlash in Germany, after backing the far-right Different for Germany and calling it the “final spark of hope” for the nation.
