Zia Yusuf quitting Reform UK does not open the door to Rupert Lowe’s return, Nigel Farage has told GB News.
Speaking to Martin Daubney on the People’s Channel, Farage said he would “rather eat razor blades” than let the now independent MP back into the fold.
Lowe was ousted from Reform after he was reported to police in March for alleged verbal threats to Yusuf.
Claims were also made about bullying against two female staff.
Nigel Farage took a brutal swipe at Rupert Lowe
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed it would not bring criminal charges over the allegations due to insufficient evidence.
Lowe branded the claims as “vexatious” and pointed to the fact he had called Farage a “messiah” shortly before the accusations came about.
Asked by Farage whether Lowe could find a way back into the party, he said: “I’d rather eat razor blades after the way he’s behaved.”
He was then asked whether he would allow former deputy leader Ben Habib back, to which he responded: “Good lord, no.”
Nigel Farage joined Martin Daubney on GB News to discuss Zia Yusuf's resignation
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Farage continued: “You can’t work with people who, when they have the slightest disagreement with you on anything, go public the whole time.
“You can’t operate in politics with people like that. You’re going to have disagreements.
“Sit down over a cup of tea in a room and talk about it, those guys chose to do it all publicly.”
Asked about the “conflict of personality” between Yusuf and Lowe, Farage said it was not only his now departed chairman who had a problem with Lowe.
Zia Yusuf was praised by Nigel Farage
GETTY“We all had a rift with Rupert Lowe”, he said.
“Rupert’s behaviour was unacceptable on so many levels. This wasn’t just Zia. All of us found him impossible to deal with.”
Rupert Lowe tweeted in response: “Farage says he would ‘rather eat razor blades’ than allow me back into Reform.
“Having sat with him as an MP for eight months, I’ve already got plenty of them in my back.
“Farage and his ego are together incapable of building a team.
“He must never be Prime Minister.”