Reform UK refers MP Rupert Lowe to police

Reform UK says it has reported its MP Rupert Lowe to police, alleging he has made “threats of bodily violence” in opposition to social gathering chairman Zia Yusuf.

In an announcement with chief whip Lee Anderson, Yusuf additionally mentioned the social gathering had acquired allegations of bullying in Lowe’s parliamentary and constituency workplaces.

He added the social gathering had appointed a lawyer to conduct an investigation into allegations of “office bullying” made by two feminine staff.

Writing on social media, Lowe mentioned the social gathering’s allegations had been “unfaithful and false” and he was “upset, however not stunned” to learn them.

He added there was “zero credible proof” in opposition to him and he was “in search of authorized recommendation instantly”.

Lowe mentioned it was “no shock” that the social gathering’s “vexatious assertion” had been launched the day after he had criticised social gathering chief Nigel Farage.

In an interview with the Day by day Mail, Lowe mentioned the social gathering remained a “protest social gathering led by the Messiah” underneath Farage’s management.

Lowe additionally instructed he may depart Reform UK if the social gathering didn’t change earlier than the subsequent normal election.

The MP mentioned: “We’ve to vary from being a protest social gathering led by the Messiah into being a correctly structured social gathering with a frontbench, which we do not have. We’ve to begin behaving as if we’re main and never merely protesting.”

Farage then hit again in a later interview, saying Lowe was “utterly flawed” and Reform UK was “completely not a protest social gathering”.