Nigel Farage has hit back at one of his own MPs after he said Reform UK remains a "protest party led by the Messiah" under his leadership. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe questioned Farage's approach to leading the party and said he would need the "right people" around him to "deliver the goods".

Political commentator Benedict Spence has claimed that the internal crisis engulfing Reform UK is like "like sixth-form politics" as he delivered his verdict on the explosive row. The comments come as tensions escalate between Reform leader Nigel Farage and now-suspended MP Rupert Lowe amid serious bullying allegations.

Nigel Farage hit back at Rupert Lowe as Reform UK descended into civil war today. He insisted Reform is not a "protest party" and swiped that Mr Lowe would not have had a "cat's chance in hell" of becoming an MP without him.