Some 53 per cent of more than 2,000 people surveyed by Opinium thought that Mr Musk was having a negative impact on British politics, compared to just 12 per cent who thought he was having a positive influence.

Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is trying to maintain a sense of optimism despite a turbulent week dominated by Elon Musk’s online “attacks” and a market rout that is testing the UK’s economic stability.

In a conversation with AfD leader Alice Weidel on X, Musk concurred with her assertion that Adolf Hitler was a communist and pushed disinformation about migrants coming into the US.

AfD is also focused on ending Germany's policy of atonement for World War Two crimes. Its leading candidate for the European Parliament election resigned from the party in May amid public outcry, after declaring that members of the SS,

With Germany's election in six weeks, Elon Musk was full of praise for his livestream guest on X: Alice Weidel, the far-right Alternative for Germany party's candidate for chancellor.