PA MediaA senior lawyer appointed by Reform UK to independently examine allegations towards MP Rupert Lowe and his group has denied making feedback he has attributed to her.
The Nice Yarmouth MP was suspended by Reform and referred to the police over accusations he made threats of violence towards its chairman.
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed they’re assessing an allegation of “verbal threats.”
There have additionally been allegations of bullying in Lowe’s places of work, that are being investigated by the lawyer employed by the celebration.
Lowe strongly denies all of the claims, saying “there isn’t a credible proof towards me” and says he’s the sufferer of “a political assassination as a result of I dared to query Nigel Farage”.
Reform eliminated the whip from Lowe, that means he now sits as an unbiased MP.
His suspension got here after the Every day Mail revealed an interview with Lowe the place he mentioned Reform underneath Nigel Farage’s management remained a “protest celebration led by the Messiah”.
The lawyer, a KC or King’s Counsel, who has not been named by the celebration however whose credentials have been verified by the NUZTO, mentioned: “I’ve seen various statements made by Mr Lowe MP that are attributed to me and which describe my reactions to the method performed by the celebration into the allegations made towards each Mr Lowe MP and his constituency supervisor.
“I discover myself within the unlucky and regrettable place of getting to make this assertion to right the file.”
The lawyer added: “I’ve not expressed both ‘dismay’ or ‘shock’ at any time as to the method. Nor have I mentioned ‘there may be zero credible proof towards [Mr Lowe]’, not to mention mentioned this ‘repeatedly’.”
On Friday, Lowe took difficulty with a press release issued by Reform which set out that there can be an unbiased investigation into what had occurred.
‘No credible proof towards me’
He wrote: “I’ve simply spoken to the KC. She is dismayed that this assertion has been made, and reiterated that no proof towards me has been despatched to her.
“She said that this has been issued earlier than the investigation has even began.
“She is shocked on the course of, shocked on the communication from the celebration, and shocked that no credible proof has been given, regardless of her repeated requests.”
The NUZTO put the lawyer’s assertion to Lowe, who issued his personal assertion in reply.
“Ever since this malicious assault on my status was launched, all I’ve requested for from each Reform and the KC is credible proof towards me. None has been supplied. It nonetheless hasn’t,” he mentioned.
“The KC has mentioned she has been ‘chasing’ for that. I’ve obtained nothing. As a result of there isn’t a credible proof towards me.”
He added: “I’ve spoken with the KC at size, on the telephone and thru message. I’ve acquired to know her over the past week, and he or she has been very useful, and is an enthralling girl who’s making an attempt to do her job within the very troublesome place that Reform has put her in.”
‘It’s important to stand as much as bullies’
He accused the celebration of an “outright lie” in claiming he had not co-operated with the investigation, a declare Reform made in a press release on Friday night.
“I’ve been in discussions with my authorized group this afternoon, and this can be adopted by authorized motion in the end,” Lowe instructed the NUZTO.
“I can’t have my identify dragged by way of the mud as a part of a political assassination as a result of I dared to query Nigel Farage. It’s important to stand as much as bullies, and I’m doing precisely that.”
He mentioned the lawyer had instructed him on Friday night time: “I suggested that you need to merely say that the celebration was precipitous to state that these allegations had been made with out additionally saying that the celebration has commissioned an unbiased investigation and the investigation has not but acquired underway to take a look at all of the proof and consider its veracity.”
