EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage stood his ground after the tech tycoon called for a new leader of Reform UK in an ongoing social media spat.

Nigel Farage insisted the pair are still friends despite disagreeing over far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Nigel Farage has told Sky News he "can't be pushed or bullied" by anybody after Elon Musk said the Reform MP "doesn't have what it takes" to lead his party.

The Reform UK leader was branded "disloyal" and "autocratic" by the 12 councillors that resigned in protest against his leadership.

Mr Musk’s allyship with Mr Farage would seem like a natural fit, given that the Reform leader’s relationship with Mr Trump goes back much further. The pair first met in 2016, shortly after the president-elect’s first election victory, and they are thought to have remained allies since.

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.

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.

Nigel Farage has insisted he is still friends with Elon Musk and has spoken to him since his online attack that the Reform MP “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead his party. In an interview with Sky News, Mr Farage responded to the fall-out, saying: “Of course we’re friends. He just says what he thinks at any moment in time.”

Reform MPs, including Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson, have been accused of profiting from “spreading hateful rhetoric” after it emerged they’ve made thousands of pounds from posting on the social media site X.