Lowe attacks 'viper' Farage as probe dropped into claim he threatened Reform chair

Former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has branded Nigel Farage a coward and a viper” after an inquiry into allegations he made verbal threats” against the party’s chair was dropped.

- ARCHIE MITCHELL

The Crown Prosecution Service said it would not charge Mr Lowe after reviewing the evidence handed over by the party.

The Great Yarmouth MP was suspended from Mr Farage’s party this year amid a civil war and allegations about his conduct, which he denies.

Responding to the news he would face no action, Mr Lowe said he was ashamed to have represented the party and launched an extraordinary attack on its leader.

“Nigel Farage must never be prime minister,” he said in a statement.

“I am ashamed to have shared a parliamentary platform with them. Ashamed to have trusted them. Ashamed to have called them friends. Farage is no leader – he is a coward and a viper. I feel deeply embarrassed that I ever thought he was the man to lead,” Mr Lowe added.

In a statement in March, Reform said Mr Lowe had been reported to police over alleged “threats of physical violence” against chair Zia Yusuf.