Farage Slams X Over Abuse, Musk Backs Restore Britain

0:00On April 20th, Nigel Farage is calling out social media platform X as an unpleasant and dangerous spot these days. He's pointing to the brutal online abuse hitting his reform UK party's ethnic minority candidates ahead of the May elections in Scotland, Wales, and English councils. Elon Musk bought Twitter back in 2022, renamed it X, and brought back a bunch of previously banned accounts. Farage and Musk used to be tight, with talk of possible donations to reform UK floating around. But that friendship soured when Musk pushed for Farage to step aside during a clash over right-wing activists Tommy Robinson. Farage says the abuse his candidates face is way worse than what others get, and it it sparked outrage if it hit established parties. He's highlighting how impressive it is that reform UK has so many ethnic minority candidates running this time. Meanwhile, Musk has thrown his support behind Rupert Lowe's new outfit, Restore Britain. This viewed as another layer to the drama, as these elections heat up, showing how online

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