UK opposition Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has dismissed threats by her political rival Nigel Farage to take party funds from Elon Musk, saying This could be “counterproductive” to British voters.
“Politics in the US is very different to politics in the UK. People in this country don’t necessarily like to see politics being bought,” Badenock told BBC Radio 4. “I think it could be counterproductive.
Farage’s right-wing Reform Britain has dominated political discourse in recent weeks, at least in part because of the former Brexit campaigner’s apparent close ties with Musk, with the X social media owner reportedly preparing to submit a letter to the reform group Donations on a scale that could upend British politics.
Resurgent British reformists pose a threat to Keir Starmer’s Labor government and particularly to Badenock’s Conservatives, who lost a historic election to the reformists in July’s general election. fail.
But Badenock, who has been accused of taking too long to announce policies to win over voters, accused the reforms of providing only “easy answers”. She said she would welcome competition from any funding Musk provides for reform.
“I think if Musk was giving money to a political party, a rival political party, then that would be a challenge for me to make sure I raise the same money,” she said. “I don’t believe he would donate the money, but it wouldn’t matter if he did.”
The Conservative leader said she expected May’s local elections to be “very difficult” and that the party’s heavy defeat last July, when it lost more than 250 council seats, meant there were no “quick fixes” before the next election to reverse its fate. But she also said she was not prepared to list positions that might need to change before Britain next votes.
“Reform is empty talk because it is not well thought out,” she said. “If you haven’t figured it out yet, you can give a simple answer.
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