Nigel Farage says there is 'no way back' into Reform for Rupert Lowe after MP claims party tried to 'silence' his 'mass deportations' demand over grooming gang attacks
Nigel Farage today ruled out allowing exiled MP Rupert Lowe back into Reform UK after he made yet another attack on the party leadership.
The party leader said there was 'no way back' for Mr Lowe after he accused senior figures of trying to 'silence him' when he spoke out about grooming gangs.
The Great Yarmouth MP was suspended last Friday over allegations of bullying and of verbally threatening party chairman Zia Yusuf - the latter is the subject of a police probe.
Mr Lowe denies any wrongdoing and says he is the victim of a 'witch hunt' after he dared to criticise Mr Farage's leadership of the party.
This morning he revealed he refused to delete a demand that the families of Asian grooming gang members be deported with them if they were 'complicit' in their crimes against teenage girls, from a speech he made in Essex in February.
And he doubled down on his position, suggesting it was acceptable to deport 'entire communities' to Pakistan, saying anyone who failed to act 'is as guilty as the rapists themselves'.
Mr Farage today accused Mr Lowe of pandering to Elon Musk, the Trump ally who suggested he lead Reform instead of Mr Farage in January.
The party leader admitted he asked the then Reform MP not to talk about 'repatriation' and 'mass deportations', branding it 'a very grave, dark and dangerous use of language'.
The party leader said there was 'no way back' for Mr Lowe after he accused senior figures of trying to 'silence him' when he spoke out about grooming gangs.
The Great Yarmouth MP was suspended last Friday over allegations of bullying and of verbally threatening party chairman Zia Yusuf - the latter is the subject of a police probe
He doubled down on his position today, suggesting it was acceptable to deport 'entire communities' to Pakistan, saying anyone who failed to act 'is as guilty as the rapists themselves'
The party leader told The Telegraph: 'Basically, what is happening here is Rupert Lowe knows there's no way back ... he's out to cause maximum destruction and damage.
'Not content with now being under investigation by the Metropolitan Police, not content with the fact that the independent KC has already publicly rebuked him for not respecting due process and for openly lying about his conversation with the KC, he's now out to pretend that he's the only person who wants to deal with the Pakistani rape gangs.
'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.'
In response, Mr Lowe tweeted: 'Reform should not belong to Farage, it should belong to the members.
Let them decide if I am welcome in the party. Hold a vote to see if they approve of this malicious witch hunt launched by Reform’s leadership.
'Farage claims Reform is a democratic party. I say prove it.'
Scotland Yard has launched a probe into 67-year-old Mr Lowe after a complaint was made about his conduct towards chairman Mr Yusuf.
The Great Yarmouth MP was suspended and also accused of bullying on Friday - the day after accusing party leader Nigel Farage of acting like a 'messiah' in a Daily Mail interview.
The Metropolitan Police would not identify the subject of the allegations but released a statement that said: 'The Metropolitan Police have now launched an investigation into an allegation of a series of verbal threats made by a 67-year-old man.'
The force said it is claimed that the alleged threats were made between December 2024 and February 2025, and that inquiries are ongoing.
In a statement on Friday, Reform said Mr Lowe had been reported to the police over alleged 'threats of physical violence'.
It also claimed that two women working in the MP's offices had made complaints about 'workplace bullying' and 'derogatory remarks'.
Mr Lowe said: ‘My lawyers have not yet received any contact from the police... I remain unaware of the specific allegations, but in any event, I deny any wrongdoing. The allegations are entirely untrue.’
