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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Divided Reform UK reports own MP to police amid bullying claims

Rupert Lowe
On Thursday, Rupert Lowe criticised Nigel Farage’s leadership of Reform UK, calling it ‘messianic’. Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Reform UK has erupted into open civil war after the party said its MP Rupert Lowe had received complaints about bullying and had made threats against the party chair, a day after Lowe criticised Nigel Farage for being “messianic”.

Lowe responded with anger, saying there was no evidence to back up the bullying claims, and that it was “entirely untrue” that he had made threats. He again criticised Farage, saying Reform was “our party as much as it is Nigel’s”.

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