‘You will need to cease your malicious witch hunt’: Lowe urges Farage to apologise in wake of row
A fierce row has emerged in Reform UK within the final week, between the celebration’s chief Nigel Farage and a now-suspended member, Rupert Lowe.
Lowe has been accused of constructing threats of bodily violence in the direction of the celebration’s chairman, Zia Yusuf – which he strongly denies.
A press release from Yusuf and Lee Anderson, the chief whip, additionally mentioned the celebration had acquired complaints from two feminine staff about alleged critical bullying in Lowe’s places of work.
Lowe, the Reform MP for Nice Yarmouth, misplaced the celebration whip over the weekend, which means he’ll now sit as an unbiased MP within the Commons.
However at the moment, he has appealed to Farage as soon as once more in a public letter printed on social media, asking him to cease a “depraved assault on my character and repute”.
Lowe provides: “I as soon as thought of you a good friend. I now not do, however there stays a greater option to resolve this.”
The previous Reform MP suggests {that a} so-called “witch hunt” started after he “raised cheap considerations about Reform coverage, communication and construction”.
“What did you suppose it could seem like? Did you actually suppose it could seem cheap?
“Your actual motive was to take away me as a result of I dared to ask questions, and I do know you understand that.”
You possibly can learn Lowe’s letter in full right here: