Tory peer Peter Cruddas shared posts supporting Nigel Farage and Reform UK

Cruddas shared a post by Arron Banks claiming ‘anyone left supporting the Conservative party isn’t patriotic’. Photograph: House of Lords/PA

A Tory peer and former party donor has shared dozens of social media posts supportive of Nigel Farage and Reform UK.

During the course of the election campaign Peter Cruddas, the billionaire Tory donor who was controversially ennobled by Boris Johnson, has reposted a string of material calling on voters to back Farage and his party.