Rupert Lowe threatens to sue Reform UK for libel as feud with Farage escalates – UK politics live
Party’s MP, who is facing misconduct claims, says ‘you have to stand up to bullies’ after he questioned FarageThere have been some developments overnight in the story about the Reform UK split – Nigel Farage suspending Rupert Lowe, one of the party’s five MPs, over alleged misconduct, which – by amazing coincidence – the party decided to report to the police on the day an interview was published quoting Lowe describing Farage as a control freak with limited interest in policy.Ever since then, as Eleni Courea reports, Lowe and Farage have been slagging each other off. Lowe says the allegations against him are untrue, while Farage has said that a KC was already investigating complaints about Lowe before the Daily Mail interview was published. Farage also suggested that it was the ongoing disciplinary inquiry that triggered Lowe’s public outburst against him.The KC investigating the allegations for Reform UK has said Lowe was not telling the truth when he said on Friday that she was shocked and dismayed by how the party was handling the allegations. The lawyer, who has not been named but whose identity has been verified by the BBC, told the BBC:I have seen a number of statements made by Mr Lowe MP which are attributed to me and which describe my reactions to the process conducted by the party into the allegations made against both Mr Lowe MP and his constituency manager.I find myself in the unfortunate and regrettable position of having to make this statement to correct the record.Lowe has threatened to sue Reform UK for libel. In his own statement to the BBC, Lowe said:Ever since this malicious attack on my reputation was launched, all I have asked for from both Reform and the KC is credible evidence against me. None has been provided. It still hasn’t. The KC has said she has been ‘chasing’ for that. I have received nothing. Because there is no credible evidence against me …I have been in discussions with my legal team this afternoon, and this will be followed by legal action in due course. I will not have my name dragged through the mud as part of a political assassination because I dared to question Nigel Farage. You have to stand up to bullies, and I am doing exactly that.Day eleven of repeatedly asking to see any credible evidence against me. Continue reading...
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Party’s MP, who is facing misconduct claims, says ‘you have to stand up to bullies’ after he questioned Farage
There have been some developments overnight in the story about the Reform UK split – Nigel Farage suspending Rupert Lowe, one of the party’s five MPs, over alleged misconduct, which – by amazing coincidence – the party decided to report to the police on the day an interview was published quoting Lowe describing Farage as a control freak with limited interest in policy.
Ever since then, as Eleni Courea reports, Lowe and Farage have been slagging each other off. Lowe says the allegations against him are untrue, while Farage has said that a KC was already investigating complaints about Lowe before the Daily Mail interview was published. Farage also suggested that it was the ongoing disciplinary inquiry that triggered Lowe’s public outburst against him.
The KC investigating the allegations for Reform UK has said Lowe was not telling the truth when he said on Friday that she was shocked and dismayed by how the party was handling the allegations. The lawyer, who has not been named but whose identity has been verified by the BBC, told the BBC:
I have seen a number of statements made by Mr Lowe MP which are attributed to me and which describe my reactions to the process conducted by the party into the allegations made against both Mr Lowe MP and his constituency manager.
I find myself in the unfortunate and regrettable position of having to make this statement to correct the record.
Lowe has threatened to sue Reform UK for libel. In his own statement to the BBC, Lowe said:
Ever since this malicious attack on my reputation was launched, all I have asked for from both Reform and the KC is credible evidence against me. None has been provided. It still hasn’t. The KC has said she has been ‘chasing’ for that. I have received nothing. Because there is no credible evidence against me …
I have been in discussions with my legal team this afternoon, and this will be followed by legal action in due course. I will not have my name dragged through the mud as part of a political assassination because I dared to question Nigel Farage. You have to stand up to bullies, and I am doing exactly that.
Day eleven of repeatedly asking to see any credible evidence against me. Continue reading...
