Tommy Robinson meets Elon Musk’s father in Moscow

The Guardian ^ | Tue 9 Jun 2026 | Ben Quinn

[MinorityRepublican]

Tommy Robinson has travelled to Russia, where he has met Elon Musk’s father, Errol, in a Moscow hotel.

Robinson – who has been issuing calls for his supporters to take to the streets across the UK over a bloody knife attack in Belfast – shared video of his meeting with Musk, whose son has been a vocal supporter of Robinson, on Monday.

Musk was in St Petersburg last week at the annual Kremlin-backed economic forum, described as Russia’s answer to Davos.

Contacted by the Guardian and asked why he had travelled to Moscow, Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, said: “I’ve come to see how this country got itself so well on to the straight and narrow and see the beauty of a civilised society here.”

Pressed on his presence in Russia, which is regarded by the British government as hostile state, Robinson said: “Russia is not the enemy of Britain. That narrative has long since died a natural death. There are those who benefit from pushing Russia as an enemy but everyone laughs at those people now.”

Robinson’s appearance in Moscow comes three weeks after the latest UK rally organised by him drew tens of thousands of people on to the streets of London.

The former BNP member and founder of the English Defence League was also feted in the US earlier this year by figures from the Maga right, meeting a Trump administration official at the state department. He later told the rally in London that he had secured funding from wealthy US backers at the trip.

Robinson is known to have previously been in Russia in 2020, where he said in an interview that he hoped Britain and Russia could cooperate to preserve Christian values and identity.

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TOPICS: Russia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: elonmuskfather; russia; spief; tommyrobinson

[sauropod]

“Ben Quinn, whose real name is Josef Goebbels...”

I detest these people!

[Nateman]

Musk and his dad are estranged. Always sad to see such a thing as it violates the natural order .

[curious7]

No matter how much you detest them, you don’t detest them nearly as much as you should.

[broken_clock]

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon…

Can Tommy please legally change his name so I don’t have to read this every time a leftist rag writes about him?

I don’t read about Cher, whose real name is Cheryl Sarkesian, having this problem.

[tlozo]

In a prior Rolling Stone interview, Elon described his father, Errol Musk as having done "almost every evil thing you could possibly think of," and he does not communicate with him.

Police and court records detailed in the report indicate Errol Musk was accused by five of his biological children and stepchildren of abuse spanning from 1993 to 2023. Family members, social workers, and police reports detailed incidents spanning decades, including inappropriate touching and psychological abuse. One of the former stepdaughters involved later had children with him in her adulthood.