Refusing to disclose the contents of their "private conversation", Farage said that he and Musk have since made up and "absolutely agree we don't want to be at war with each other and have very similar aims".

Making working people in Britain better off will be at the "forefront" of the chancellor's mind during her visit to China, the Treasury has said, following criticism of the trip amid trouble on the financial markets at home.

“Many are going to be at a place where they don’t know yet, and you can say, ‘I get that, but I will be here for you as different needs come up.’”

"Welsh writers and Welsh theatre makers have to be at the forefront of this. And our Welsh stories have to be the heart of it," he said.

Bass severely underestimated the public’s demand for leaders to be at the front lines instead of working the phones.