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".

Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe is, on paper, everything party leader Nigel Farage could hope for in a Reform parliamentarian.

Nigel Farage has hit back at Rupert Lowe after his fellow Reform MP said he was not sure if his “messianic qualities” made him a good leader. Great Yarmouth MP Mr Lowe said in an interview that it was “too early to know whether Nigel will deliver”.

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.

A prominent Reform UK parliamentarian has appeared to question whether his party can succeed under Nigel Farage’s leadership. Rupert Lowe, the Reform MP for Great Yarmouth, has said it is “too early” to tell whether his party leader can “deliver the goods”.

Nigel Farage should consider removing the Reform whip from Rupert Lowe after an act of “defiance”, according to Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp. Speaking on GB News, the senior Tory MP was reacting to the Reform MP warning that party figures “have to start behaving as if we are leading and not merely protesting”.