Musk turns on UK's Farage and says he should quit as Reform party leader

FILE PHOTO: British MP and leader of the Reform UK political party, Nigel Farage speaks at the New York Young Republican Club's Annual Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, U.S., December 15, 2024. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -Elon Musk said Nigel Farage should quit as leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party in an abrupt withdrawal of support by the U.S. billionaire for the Brexit campaigner who is trying to shake up the British political establishment again.

"The Reform Party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes," Musk said on his social media platform X on Sunday, a few hours after Farage described him as a friend who made Reform look "cool".