Rupert Lowe has invited Reform UK chief Nigel Farage to “have dinner” with him following allegations that the MP threatened violence in opposition to birthday celebration chairman Zia Yusuf.
Reform reported the Nice Yarmouth MP to police after the birthday celebration mentioned it had gained proof of “critical bullying” and “derogatory” remarks made about ladies within the MP’s place of business, with two separate team of workers individuals understood to have made allegations.
Scotland Backyard mentioned a grievance of “verbal threats” made on Thursday about an alleged incident remaining December used to be being assessed via officials.
Symbol: Rupert Lowe. Record pic: PA
In a message on X on Saturday morning, Mr Lowe mentioned: “I will be able to best spoil my head towards a brick wall for goodbye.”
He instructed birthday celebration chief Mr Farage to “get to the bottom of this in a way that our individuals and the rustic would be expecting”.
“I’m going to now repeat publicly a call for participation that I’ve prolonged to Nigel Farage in non-public more than one occasions over many months. Each and every be offering has been refused or disregarded.
“Please, let’s have dinner and get to the bottom of this in a way that our individuals and the rustic would be expecting.”
Within the Reform commentary launched on Friday afternoon, Mr Lowe used to be accused of getting “on a minimum of two events made threats of bodily violence” to Mr Yusuf.
The birthday celebration additionally showed that the MP had misplaced the whip.
Mr Lowe, 67, denied Reform’s claims, describing the commentary as “vexatious” and announcing the grievance to police “clearly went in simply when I requested cheap questions of Reform’s management”.
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It comes after inside battles throughout the right-wing birthday celebration, which had 5 MPs, escalated on Thursday after Mr Lowe informed the Day by day Mail that Reform stays a “protest birthday celebration led via the Messiah” beneath Mr Farage.
Requested whether or not the previous UKIP chief had the prospective to transform top minister, Mr Lowe mentioned: “It is too early to understand whether or not Nigel will ship the products.
“He can best ship if he surrounds himself with the correct other people.”
On Friday, Mr Lowe alleged the timing of the grievance used to be a “malicious try to drag my title during the dust”.
“A whole incapacity to simply accept even essentially the most delicate positive grievance with out the sort of malicious response isn’t efficient management,” he mentioned.
