Recent reports have revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has now taken up the cause of Tommy Robinson who is a convicted and proved criminal and is in jail for a pretty long time now.

Using his X platform, the close ally of US president-elect Trump called for Robinson’s release from jail, suggesting he is a political prisoner who has been punished for telling the truth about grooming gangs. Mr Farage is remaning firm that he does not want Robinson to join Reform adding that he "never wanted Tommy Robinson to join UKIP".

Elon Musk’s interventions in European politics continued this week with his calls for the release of jailed British far-right extremist Tommy Robinson.

The posts supporting Robinson come as Musk has increasingly inserted himself into British politics: he met with Nigel Farage, the leader of the U.K.’s far-right Reform UK Party, in December, and Farage claimed Musk is giving “serious thought” to helping bankroll the British party.

Nigel Farage has distanced himself from Tommy Robinson after Elon Musk swung behind the jailed political activist, calling for his release. The Reform UK leader said Mr Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is “not what we need”, as his party seeks to challenge Labour in upcoming elections.

ELON Musk has called for a new leader of Reform after Nigel Farage said he was wrong to praise far-right agitator Tommy Robinson. But it came just hours after the opposition politician had

Lennon, is well-known as the founder of the English Defence League (EDL), a far-right, anti-Islam group formed in 2009.

A convicted fraudster with a violent criminal record, Tommy Robinson has become the latest cause championed by the richest person on the planet, Elon Musk.