Shadow Housing Secretary, Kevin Hollinrake, suggests the Tories should accept donations from Elon Musk if they comply with rules, despite concerns about Musk's online activity and potential political influence.
The world’s richest man and confidante of incoming US president-elect Donald Trump has used his social media platform X to praise Tory leader Kemi Badenoch’s stance on grooming gangsThe shadow Housing Secretary, Kevin Hollinrake, did not rule out the Tories accepting a donation from Musk amid reports that he was interested in destabilising: “Well, as I’ve said before, donations are welcome as long they are properly made and by the right people and they comply with the rules.
The Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Thursday that he is concerned about what Musk is posting online.in which he commended her “brave and true” claim that Starmer was blocking a national inquiry into the gangs because he “did not want questions asked of Labour politicians who may be complicit”. She has also become one of the few British MPs he follows on X.The barb raised doubts about whether Musk would go ahead with a large donation which he was understood to be considering handing Reform.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Elon Musk pictured last month at Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida Hollinrake praised Musk as an “incredibly successful business person and an incredible intellect”, but added: “The support we want is the support of the British people, or the majority of them, so that’s what the focus will be.
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