Nigel Farage said he did not want to “go to war” with US billionaire Elon Musk who said he should be replaced as Reform UK leader having previously backed him.

Elon Musk has called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as leader of Reform UK in a surprising U-turn hours after the British politician refused to endorse some of the tech billionaire’s latest online claims. “The Reform party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes,” Musk wrote on X, his social media site, on Sunday afternoon.

Nigel Farage said he has 'no desire to go to war' with billionaire Elon Musk, who humiliated him at the weekend. He claimed the bromance can still be fixed

Elon Musk has said Reform UK needs a new leader because Nigel Farage “doesn’t have what it takes”. The tech billionaire’s comments came just hours after Farage described him as “a hero”. His latest intervention on UK politics casts serious doubt on claims he was prepared to make a substantial donation to Reform.

Express.co.uk Assistant News Editor and Conservative Councillor Mieka Smiles gives her view on this week's big political spat.

Nigel Farage put on a brave face as he left home a day after Elon Musk claimed Reform UK needed a new leader. Hours earlier Mr Farage had called Musk a 'hero' and said he makes the party 'look cool'

Losing Elon Musk’s support would harm Reform UK but the relationship can be mended, Nigel Farage has said. The Reform leader said he would be in the United States “for a good sort of four or five days” for Donald Trump ’s inauguration as president, during which time he would meet billionaire Mr Musk.

Donald Trump's billionaire ally has said Nigel Farage should no longer lead Reform UK. Here is everything the pair have said about each other so far.

Elon Musk launched into a foul-mouthed X tirade directed at a student who called him out for allegedly spreading disinformation. “Elon Musk is rapidly becoming the largest spreader of disinformation in human history,