6 h. ago Reform meltdown deepens as top KC denies Rupert Lowe's claim she dismissed bullying allegations against him amid furious row with Nigel Farage

The King's Counsel barrister made the astonishing decision to speak out after the Great Yarmouth MP suggested she was unhappy at the action taken against him.

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7 h. ago Nigel Farage accused of ‘witch hunt’ by Rupert Lowe as Reform civil war escalates

Reform leader Nigel Farage and MP Rupert Lowe have continued to exchange blows as former Brexit Party MEPs who served with both men come to the Great Yarmouth MP’s aid

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24 h. ago Reform civil war escalates as Rupert Lowe hits back at Nigel Farage ‘witch hunt’

Reform Leader Nigel Farage and MP Rupert Lowe have continued to exchange blows in an escalating civil war

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25 h. ago MP Rupert Lowe threatens to SUE Reform over 'vindictive witch hunt' that saw him suspended for 'bullying' after attack on 'messiah' Nigel Farage

Mr Lowe tore into Mr Farage and the rest of the part leadership over the way he was suspended on Friday over accusations of bullying made by members of his office.

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26 h. ago ‘Right and proper’ to hold investigation after Lowe allegations, says Tice

The Reform UK deputy leader said people would have been ‘raging’ if the matter had been brushed ‘under the carpet’.

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29 h. ago Starmer must use the threat of Trump to repair the damage of Brexit, warns Lord Heseltine

Exclusive: Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has warned that silence on Trump’s actions, particularly from Nigel Farage, amounts to complicity

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29 h. ago Reform civil war deepens with Rupert Lowe accusing Nigel Farage of trying to silence his demand for mass immigrant deportations

The Great Yarmouth MP accused the party leadership of 'watering down' its position on illegal migration in a bid to attract new voters, amid an astonishingly civil war in the right-wing party.

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30 h. ago Still uncertain about Trump? Let Boris Johnson guide you on this ‘very compassionate man’ | Catherine Bennett

Some of the president’s Tory fans seem to find the grim reality of the president’s actions invigorating rather than terrifyingShort of emigration, what is the best option for Britain’s dazzled Trump followers now their hero confirms he is not Europe’s ally but Vladimir Putin’s? That’s assuming what we can’t in the case of Nigel Farage MP: that they do not share the US president’s well-documented weakness for a genocidal invader. Even his more respectable British acolytes have until recently finessed, quite successfully, their love of Trump with his long history of Putin-pleasing. No one more so than Boris Johnson, former prime minister, self-styled saviour of Ukraine and still Trump’s most dependable British idiot.To Johnson’s way of thinking, detailed in numerous Daily Mail columns, it is Trump-doubters who are always the ridiculous, panicking, hysterical, whingeing headless chickens. When Trump looked likely to win the US election, Johnson likened the reaction of the “western libe...

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34 h. ago From Trump whisperer to trouble – angry Reform UK MPs turn on Farage

Internal row in party over ‘messianic’ leader becomes public amid competing members’ allegations of bullying and dirty tricksJust a few short weeks ago, Nigel Farage’s Reform party was riding high. It was consistently polling above Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative party and in some surveys had even edged ahead of the Labour government.Donors who had previously handed over large amounts to the Tories were switching sides, while Farage was relishing having the ear of US president Donald Trump, touting himself as a far better representative to the leader of the free world than Keir Starmer. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Nigel Farage warns 'constant infighting' will damage Reform UK as party leader's feud with suspended backbencher Rupert Lowe escalates

The Reform UK leader said the public disagreement with Lowe has 'dented' the 'sense of unity' within the party.

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37 h. ago Reform vows to banish MP Rupert Lowe from the party for life after he 'crossed' Nigel Farage by questioning his leadership

EXCLUSIVE: Mr Farage removed the whip from Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe over allegations he had bullied staff and threatened party chair Zia Yusuf.

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39 h. ago Nigel Farage's poll rating tumbles after Reform leader blamed Zelensky for 'showing no respect' during Oval Office bust up with Donald Trump

Following Mr Farage's remarks about the White House row between Mr Trump and Mr Zelensky, the Reform chief is now the least popular leader, with a -39 approval rating.

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41 h. ago Nigel Farage: Public ‘does not like parties that engage in constant infighting’

He made his first intervention since Rupert Lowe had the Reform UK whip suspended.

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46 h. ago Voices: Reform’s implosion makes a second term for Keir Starmer more likely

Nigel Farage’s party may have been the main threat to a continued Labour government – but the split in his own ranks, combined with Starmer’s newfound popularity, means he’s on shaky ground, writes John Rentoul

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47 h. ago The Rupert Lowe row has exposed Reform UK’s dysfunction under Nigel Farage

News analysis: Hidden behind the facade of positive opinion polls, behind the scenes Reform UK is being described as being embroiled in an ego-driven civil war, writes political editor David Maddox

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48 h. ago Rupert Lowe blasts Lee Anderson as a 'pathetic, vindictive' LIAR after chief whip said 'no man is bigger than our party' as Reform UK's civil war explodes

Reform UK's chief whip Lee Anderson has been branded a 'pathetic, vindictive' liar after wading into a spat with Rupert Lowe who claims he was 'knifed' after questioning Nigel Farage's leadership.

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50 h. ago Reform UK civil war rages: 'This is what happens when you mess with Nigel', insiders say as party reports MP Rupert Lowe to police over threat claims after he criticised leader

Reform UK insiders have warned 'this is what happens when you mess with Nigel' after Rupert Lowe claimed he had been 'knifed' for publicly questioning Farage's leadership of the party.

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53 h. ago Reform MP Rupert Lowe hits back at party leadership after losing whip

MP accused of threatening party chair says dealing with leadership is like smashing his head against a brick wallRupert Lowe has compared dealing with the Reform party leadership to smashing his head against a brick wall amid a public war of words that has revealed deep tensions at the heart of the rightwing party.Lowe posted a statement on X asking the party leader, Nigel Farage, to have dinner with him less than 24 hours after Lowe lost the Reform whip, having been accused of threatening the party chair, Zia Yusuf. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Rupert Lowe asks Nigel Farage to ‘have dinner’ after Reform UK suspension

The party reported the Great Yarmouth MP to the police.

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56 h. ago ‘Nigel Farage feels real’: why young British men are drawn to Reform

Once, anti-establishment youth disillusioned with mainstream politics headed left. Now increasing numbers are tilting right. Why?Josh is 24 years old and works as a carer. It’s not easy work, but he prefers it to his old job in a supermarket: most of his clients are elderly and “just want someone there with them, because they’re lonely”. In his spare time Josh used to be into boxing. But lately he’s got into politics instead.Like many of his gen Z contemporaries, he’s thoroughly disillusioned with the mainstream kind. “The two parties that have been in power for 100-plus years have done nothing. The economy’s a mess,” he scoffs. But if he sounds like the kind of anti-establishment young person who once rallied to the radical left, Josh’s frustration has taken him in another direction. An ardent leaver in his teens, who backed Boris Johnson in 2019, he now belongs to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Continue reading...

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