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 among the most high-profile far-right figures within the U.Okay. His demonstrations in London typically entice hundreds of supporters. Robinson is a former member of the British National Party, and unsuccessfully stood for the European Parliament in 2019.
Lawyers 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 most recent intervention by Musk in British politics. The tech billionaire has been concerned in an ongoing feud with the governing Labour Party because it took workplace final yr. He’s branded the U.Okay. a “tyrannical police state,” and claimed “civil conflict is inevitable” within the U.Okay. as violence swept the nation over the summer time.
Musk’s endorsement of Robinson can be probably awkward for Nigel Farage, the rebel Reform UK chief whose right-wing populist party has tried to distance itself from the extra fringe components of the fitting within the U.Okay.
Musk has overtly expressed assist for Farage’s party 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 Alternative for Germany and calling it the “final spark of hope” for the nation.