Tommy Robinson ‘not what we need’, says Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Tommy Robinson is “not what we need”, Nigel Farage has said, after Elon Musk expressed support for the jailed political activist.

The Reform UK leader described Mr Musk as a “hero figure, especially for the youth”, ahead of his party’s East Midlands Conference in Leicester on Friday evening.

But he distanced his party from Robinson, who is serving an 18-month prison sentence for contempt of court which began in October.

Mr Musk wrote on his social media website X, formerly Twitter...