Nigel Farage has ruled out Rupert Lowe’s return to Reform UK after the pair locked horns over the Great Yarmouth MP’s claims about the rape gangs scandal.
The Reform UK leader accused the outspoken former Southampton FC chairman of wanting to “cause maximum destruction and damage” after last week being suspended over allegations of bullying and making verbal threats.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Farage said: “Basically, what is happening here is Rupert Lowe knows there’s no way back.
“And he said to Lee Anderson our whip and MP: ‘I will slit the throat of the Reform Party.’ He’s out to cause maximum destruction and damage.”
Directly discussing the grooming gangs row, the Clacton MP added: “He’s now out to pretend that he’s the only person who wants to deal with the Pakistani rape gangs.
“My record on this goes back to 2013. I in fact did an exclusive with The Telegraph at the time in 2014 about a couple in Rotherham who had been taken off the foster list for being Ukip members at the same time as all these things were going on.
“I’ve campaigned strongly on this for years and it’s a completely false assertion.
“The idea you can deport whole communities who have British passports is just not possible under British law and never was.”
Lowe claimed that Reform’s top brass prevented him from making comments about the grooming gangs scandal during an appearance at a rally in Essex.
However, Farage rejected the suggestion and instead argued that he advised Lowe against using “dark and dangerous” words such as “repatriation” and “mass deportations”.
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