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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn

From Southampton FC to parliament, Reform MP Rupert Lowe divides opinion

Rupert Lowe wears a light coloured suit jacket with a blue shirt and red tie
Rupert Lowe arrives in Westminster with decades of business experience, some of which was linked to Rishi Sunak through the former PM’s wife. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Rupert Lowe is used to dividing opinion. During his years as chair of Southampton football club, such was the antipathy among some fans that many would engage in the abusive chant: “Swing Lowe, Swing Rupert Lowe.”

“Understandably, having thousands of people chanting such offensive language is not a pleasant position to be in, but we live in a country with free speech and we must respect that. It did put pressure on my health, I won’t deny it,” the new Reform UK MP said this week.

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