Musk will explore how to oust Starmer as UK prime minister before the next election.

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Elon Musk has privately discussed with his allies how Sir Keir Starmer could be removed as UK prime minister ahead of the next general election, people briefed on the matter said.

MuskThe world’s richest man and a key confidant of US President-elect Donald Trump are investigating how he and his right-wing allies can undermine the British Labor government beyond the offensive posts on his social media X, the people said.

“His view is that Western civilization itself is in danger,” one of the men added.

Mook sought information on whether to build support for alternative British political movements, particularly the far-right United Kingdom party, to force a change of prime minister before the next election, aides said.

In the United Kingdom’s parliamentary system, prime ministers hold power because the party is led by the majority of MPs.

A number of prime ministers in recent decades, including Sir Tony Blair and Boris Johnson, have won large majorities in elections, leaving the center of parliament as their popularity waned.

The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, appointed by Trump to lead a project to rein in US government spending, has taken a keen interest in British politics in the past six months and has been a vocal critic of the Starmer government.

He asked for a new one last week National inquiry into historical care issues Gangs of mainly British-Pakistani men sexually exploit girls in several UK towns and cities.

Musk accused Starmer, the former director of public prosecutions for child sexual abuse in England and Wales, of being an “accomplice” to rape in Britain.

She described Jess Phillips, the defense minister, as a “rape genocide apologist” after the Home Office rejected Oldham Council’s request for a Whitehall-led inquiry into the dress scandal in Greater Manchester.

Starmer has vehemently denied criticism of Musk during his time as attorney general. He said on Monday that those who are “spreading lies and misinformation” are not in the interest of the victims, but “themselves”. Phillips She accused Musk of endangering her life..

Matt Goodwin, a political analyst at Right King, said Musk – and other Americans – were “surprised” by the gang scandal in the UK last week, in part because it was “so horrible”.

But Mr Musk believed it was because he had an “instinctive distrust of the Labor government and Keir Starmer”.

Musk was reached for comment.

Shocking action over the weekend, Musk distanced himself from Nigel Faragethe leader of Reform UK dashed hopes that the billionaire would make a big donation to his party in the near future.

“The Reform Party needs a new leader,” Musk said, adding that “Farage doesn’t have what it takes.”

Musk has been examining candidates to replace Farage as leader of the party, including Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe, and what methods are available to replace him, people briefed on his thinking said.

Reform UK has seen a surge in support in recent months, with opinion polls suggesting 22 percent of the public support the party, up from 14 percent at the July election.

According to the Politico poll, Labor is on 28 per cent, the Tories on 24 per cent.

Musk’s rift with Farage comes after the two met at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last month and the Reform UK leader described the serial entrepreneur as a “friend”.

Farage played down the spat on Tuesday. They told LBC radio they will see Musk this month, who plans to travel to the US to attend Trump’s inauguration in Washington.

He added, “I have no desire to go to war with Elon Musk and I will not.”

Starmer, by contrast, is not expected to attend Trump’s inauguration. Conservative leader Kimi Baden did not plan to attend the meeting.

Additional reporting by Lucy Fisher