Could Elon Musk buy a UK election?

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🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Elon Musk is reported to be weighing up a 100 million dollar donation to Nigel Farage to help him become Prime Minister. Farage has played it down but conceded that Musk does like his style. Is there a world in which this could actually happen? And could this be an issue which brings the mainstream parties together - united by a common threat? (Nigel Farage clip courtesy of GB News).

And as South Korea's president declares an emergency, martial law and puts media outlets under government control we reflect on 2024's ability to still pack in those political punches.

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0:00.0	The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.
0:09.6	This is a global player original podcast. Is this true? Is it going to happen? I have absolutely no
0:16.9	idea where this story comes from. What I do know is that Elon Musk is very supportive of me,
0:24.5	what I'm trying to do, and he thinks that if reform do one in the UK, we can bring about
0:29.3	the same kind of change that he intends to do with Donald Trump in America. All of that is true.
0:35.4	Yes, he is very supportive. But honestly...
0:38.6	In case you hadn't guessed, that was Nigel Farage, talking about Elon Musk and the prospect of Mr. Musk getting out his checkbook and writing a check to the Reform Party in much the same way as he did to Donald Trump's campaign.
0:56.4	A hundred million dollars, which would be extraordinary.
1:01.0	Or 79 million pounds in British money.
1:05.4	This money, this donation, does not yet exist in any real or tangible form. But can you imagine a world in which
1:15.1	Elon Musk could essentially buy a UK election? Welcome to the newsagents. The Newsagents.
1:25.4	It's John. It's Emily. It's Lewis.
1:29.4	And we're going to be talking about Nigel Farage and whether he might soon be the happy recipient of some hundred million dollars from Elon Musk.
1:34.7	But before that...
1:35.6	Yes. What are you going to get your loved ones for Christmas?
1:39.4	Or what might you be buying in a secret sound...
1:42.3	Does the voice sound kind of really like you want to throw up?
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