and of course, we know 2 zia yousef and lowe chairman zia yousef and lowe completely, you know, rejectsf these allegations. and over the last 24 hours this has been played out. you mentioned the telegraph. so nigel farage has a piece in today's sunday telegraph stating why he's done what he's done because they've suspended the whip for rupert lowe now sits as an independent mp. rupert lowe has got also a piece in the telegraph as well. and if you look at x, formerly known as twitter, this has been played out over the last 24 hours. you've got rupert lowe, who has repeatedly put forward his case. he does it in his telegraph column saying, nigel, let's meet for dinner to sort this out. i've tried various attempts for you and i to talk. he's done it again on social media in the last 36 [000:08:40;00] [000:08:40;00]

and i'm talking about nigel farage and also zia. >> yousef. >> yousef. >> the party chairman.bad press for the party. there's no two ways about it. and i think that the one thing you want to see from a point which is riding as high as that in the polls, is that they're able to maintain some form of party stability and cohesion. and this episode does very little on. >> those fronts. and there's a pattern. there is a pattern of. >> nigel farage. >> nigel farage. >> throughout his whole political career falling out with people. he always falls out with people. he always falls out with people. he always falls out with people. and when people i mean, i've been on with ben habib many times and we don't agree, but i think ben is. a smart guy and they've fallen out dramatically and now he's fallen out with rupert lowe. when nigel farage feels threatened or challenged, he doesn't like it. we don't know about the substance of these allegations, so we can't comment on that. but interesting. >> what do you make of the timing? because, i mean, this allegation of a physical alteration alter

suspended from the party amid allegations he made physical threats against the party chairman, zia yousef. mr yousef 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, mr lowe said he was disappointed but not surprised to learn of what he says are false allegations. he also said that the allegations of bullying from his office are not about him. pro—palestine activists have vandalised president trump's golf course in scotland. red paint was sprayed over the clubhouse while the message gaza is not for sale was painted on the lawn of the us president's turnberry course. this action is reportedly in response to his administration's plans to, quote, take over gaza and ethnically cleanse the region. a body has been recovered by police from the river thames, which is being unked river thames, which is being linked to a manhunt for the suspect in the valentine's day pub shooting in kent. 43 year old lisa smith was killed last month after she was shot outside the three horseshoes pu

the statement also says this okay, there were threats of physical violence against party chairman zia yousefese have been reported to the police. well, i can tell you all now that we've got a statement from the police, okay. they said that they received a report about verbal threats made on the 13th of december. so it's the 13th of december. they say it was made. this was only reported to them yesterday. and that is, of course, the day after rupert lowe's article in the daily mail was published. so you can make of that what you will. that's according to the police anyway. anyway, so rupert lowe has hit back. all right. so he says, well, the allegations of bullying of women are not about him at all. he just says they are not about him. all right. and then he says, yeah, they're about somebody else. and then he says the investigation is based on zero credible evidence against him. and he's instructed his lawyers. he then said this, i'm sorry, to the millions of decent british men and women all over the country who put their faith in reform. you've been let down. you all deserve better. so that

suspended from the party amid allegations he made physical threats against the party chairman, zia yousef. mr yousef 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, mr lowe said he was disappointed but not surprised to learn of what he says are false allegations. he also said that the allegations of bullying from his office are not about him. pro—palestine activists have vandalised president trump's golf course in scotland. red paint was sprayed over the clubhouse while the message gaza is not for sale was painted on the lawn of the us president's turnberry course. this action is reportedly in response to his administration's plans to, quote, take over gaza and ethnically cleanse the region. a body has been recovered by police from the river thames, which is being unked river thames, which is being linked to a manhunt for the suspect in the valentine's day pub shooting in kent. 43 year old lisa smith was killed last month after she was shot outside the three horseshoes pu