Britons emphatically back Farage over Musk on Tommy Robinson row, new poll reveals

Based on polling of 2,000 people, 57 per cent of Reform UK voters said the Reform UK leader made the right decision, compared to just 21 per cent who disagree.

Meanwhile, 65 per cent of Tory and Liberal Democrat voters, 57 per cent of Labour voters and 50 per cent of Green Party voters also said it was the right decision.

The majority of Britons back Farage over Musk

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It comes as a rift developed Farage and billionaire Elon Musk came after the X owner expressed strong support for Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, over the grooming gangs scandal.

Just eight per cent of Conservative voters thought it was the wrong decision for Farage to reject Robinson, with 15 per cent of Labour voters and 20 per cent of Green voters arguing against it.

The polling also revealed that the public have little faith in the justice system to tackle child sexual exploitation, with a majority of 57 per cent saying they do not have confidence in the justice system to take allegations seriously, compared to only 36 per cent who say they do have confidence.

Meanwhile, 41 per cent of the public believe that the activities of the gangs were deliberately covered up, while a further 36 per cent believe they were not properly investigated due to incompetence or lack of resources.

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Tommy Robinson is currently in prison

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Earlier this month, Farage insisted he could repair relations with Mush but said his support was not “crucial” and it was more important to maintain his long-standing opposition to Robinson.

While the public tend to approve of Musk’s management of SpaceX and Tesla, they disapprove of his management of X.

The data suggests that the UK public thinks Musk has got the balance wrong on managing hate speech on Twitter, with 56 per cent of Britons think the bigger priority for Musk should be stopping people spreading hate speech, compared to 33 per cent who think the priority should be protecting free speech.

Only 16 per cent believe that Musk genuinely cares about achieving justice for victims. Instead, 44 per cent of Britons say that he is doing it for attention , with 17 per cent saying Musk wants a public argument with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Last week, a YouGov commissioned by the Women’s Policy Centre and shared exclusively with GB News found that 76 per cent of the public back demands for a national investigation into the sexual abuse of children by grooming gangs.

The poll of 2,533 only 13 per cent of all adults opposing such a move, with 10 per cent of Tory voters, 22 per cent of Labour voters, 18 per cent of Liberal Democrat voters and just four per cent of Reform UK voters opposing the move.

The data showed 84 per cent of Conservative voters were in favour of a national independent inquiry into the sexual abuse and rape of children by grooming gangs, compared to 65 per cent of Labour voters, 71 per cent of Liberal Democrat voters and 91 per cent of Reform voters.