reform uk spokesman tim montgomerie will join me in the panel and the panel shortly in the studio to respond to these bombshell developments. well, state of the nation starts now. i'll be joined by my panel here today, senior reporter guido fawkes, ellie wheatley and journalist zoe grindelwald. as even journalist zoe grindelwald. as ever, let me know your views on gbnews.com/yoursay and hit me up on x at alex armstrong. but now it's on x at alex armstrong. but now wsfime on x at alex armstrong. but now it's time for your news bulletins with mark white. >> hello there! the latest headunes >> hello there! the latest headlines from the gb news centre. the reform mp rupert lowe has tonight been suspended from the party amid allegations he made physical threats against the party chairman, zia yusuf. mr yusuf confirmed the party had also received complaints from two female employees about serious bullying in mr lowe's parliamentary and constituency offices. in a statement this evening, mr lowe said he was disappointed but not surprised to learn of what he said were false allegations. he's a

well, we now welcome the founder of conservative home and reform uk spokesman tim montgomerie. >> notpokesman, not a spokesman. >> okay. all right. well, it's none of your words are on record tonight. interesting interesting look. so this this is a disaster, isn't it.7 this is an absolute disaster. it's playing out so publicly. i know many of the people watching at home will be supportive of reform. uk will be supportive of reform. uk will be going, what in the hell is going on.7 >> well, look, i'm not going to pretend it's good news. is it a disaster? is it a crisis? well, time will tell. i think there are two issues. one is the individual allegations that have been made against rupert lowe, and i don't think any of us here can know the truth of those. and i think it's important that this independent investigation runs its course. but i think whatever now is the outcome of that investigation, it's clear that there is a fundamental breakdown in relationship between rupert lowe and nigel farage. this is not going to be mended, and i don't know everything about it. but nigel farage is a