The Nice Yarmouth MP has accused the social gathering of constructing “untrue and false allegations” about him after he criticised chief Nigel Farage within the media, sparking a bitter public row.
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A day after the 67-year-old questioned whether or not Mr Farage may make it as prime minister, Reform UK introduced on Friday it had referred him to police and suspended him, alleging he made “verbal threats” towards chairman Zia Yousaf.
The Met has launched an investigation into these claims, which Mr Lowe has vehemently denied.
Reform has additionally claimed it has obtained complaints from two feminine workers about severe bullying in Mr Lowe’s constituency workplace.
The now unbiased MP has strenuously denied these claims as properly, saying the allegations don’t relate to him and had been made by employees who themselves confronted disciplinary motion.
Mr Lowe believes he’s the sufferer of a “witch hunt” after talking out towards the social gathering’s management in an interview with the Every day Mail that was revealed final week, wherein he challenged Mr Farage’s “messianic” tendencies.
He has not dominated out becoming a member of the Conservatives or one other political social gathering, whereas Mr Farage has stated there may be “no way back” for the suspended MP and accused him of being “out to cause maximum damage” to Reform UK.
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The feud may deepen nonetheless with Mr Lowe now mulling authorized motion over claims made about him throughout the ongoing disagreement, it’s understood.
In keeping with the Mail, the interview was held on 25 February – days earlier than Mr Lowe obtained a letter from Reform’s chief whip Lee Anderson informing him of considerations over his conduct.
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Mr Lowe has urged Mr Farage to “apologise, retract and correct the record,” posting on X: “To suggest I used the interview to deflect from any investigation is factually untrue. I have heard absolutely nothing from parliament about any of this.”
Mr Lowe additionally denies claims made by Mr Anderson that he has not co-operated with the unbiased inquiry into his behaviour.
Final night time, seven members of his staff put their names on an announcement coming to Mr Lowe’s defence, saying he’s a “good, decent and honest man”, that they’ve by no means witnessed “violent or vicious” behaviour and allegations of bullying are “robustly denied by all of us”.
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The row poses hazard for a celebration that has its sights on getting into authorities on the subsequent election after a meteoric rise within the polls.
In his interview with the Mail, Mr Lowe stated it was “too early to know” if Mr Farage will develop into prime minister and warned Reform stays a “protest party led by the Messiah” underneath the Clacton MP.
He additionally claimed that he was “barely six months into being an MP” himself and “in the betting to be the next prime minister”.
Throughout Mr Farage’s on-line falling out with Elon Musk, wherein he stated Reform wanted a brand new chief, Mr Lowe drew reward from the House X billionaire.
In a transfer seen as a touch of a brand new splinter group, one other ousted Reform UK politician, former deputy chief Ben Habib, advised The Every day Telegraph that Mr Lowe was a “good friend” and he was “constantly in touch with” him.
