‘This is so pathetic’: Reform and Restore Britain lock horns in Makerfield byelection buildup

Nigel Farage and Richard Tice of Reform UK with Rupert Lowe, now of Restore, in the background. Photograph: Maja Smiejkowska/PA

It’s been a week of rudeness, rows and revelations in the Makerfield byelection. Not between Andy Burnham and his challengers for the seat – but between Reform UK and its even more rightwing rival, Restore Britain.

Here are the key moments in a week in which the populist right turned on each other.