THE Elon Musk has discussed privately with his allies about how o Keir Starmer could be removed as UK prime minister before the next general election, according to the Financial Times citing people with knowledge of the matter.

Musk, the world’s richest man and a close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, is exploring how he and his right-wing allies can destabilize the UK Labor government beyond aggressive posts on social media platform X, they said. the sources of the international agency.

“His view is that Western civilization itself is under threat,” noted one of the sources.

According to aides, Musk sought information on whether it would be possible to build support for alternative British political movements – notably the right-wing populist Reform UK party – to trigger a change of prime minister before the next election.

In the UK’s parliamentary system, prime ministers wield power because they lead the party with the most MPs, the FT notes.

Several prime ministers in recent decades, such as Sir Tony Blair and Boris Johnson, have won large majorities in elections, only to quit mid-term due to declining popularity.

The chief executive of Tesla, SpaceX and X has taken a keen interest in British politics over the past six months and is increasingly critical of the Starmer government.

Last week he called for a new national inquiry into grooming cases involving the sexual exploitation of girls by gangs of mainly British-Pakistani men in various UK cities.

Musk accused Starmer of being “complicit”.

He branded Jess Phillips, the protection secretary, an “apologist for rape genocide” after she rejected a request by Oldham council for the Home Office to carry out a Whitehall-led inquiry into the grooming scandal in Greater Manchester.

Starmer dismissed Musk’s criticism of his time as prosecutor. He said on Monday that those “spreading lies and misinformation” did not care about the victims but rather “about themselves”. Phillips accused Musk of endangering her life.

Matt Goodwin, a right-wing political commentator, said Musk – and other Americans – had been “fascinated” by the UK scandal over the past week in part because “it’s so horrible”. But he said he also believes it is because Musk has “an instinctive distrust of the Labor government and Starmer”.

Meanwhile, in a shock move over the weekend, Musk distanced himself from Nigel Faragedashing hopes that the billionaire would make a big donation to his party in the near future. Musk said that “the Reform party needs a new leader” and that “Farage doesn’t have what it takes”.

Musk is looking at potential candidates to replace Farage at the party leadership, including Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe, and has explored the mechanisms in place to replace him, according to agency sources.

Reform UK has seen a surge in support in recent months, with polls showing 22% of the public support the party, up from 14% at the time of the July election. Labor, meanwhile, is at 28 percent and the Conservatives at 24 percent, according to a Politico poll.

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 anti-businessman as a “friend”.

Farage played down the row on Tuesday. He told LBC radio that he would see Musk later this month and planned to travel to the US to attend Trump’s inauguration in Washington. “I have no desire to go to war with Elon Musk and I’m not going to,” he added.

Starmer, by contrast, is not expected to attend Trump’s inauguration.