Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe has just posted this statement from DRM Legal on X:
“Today, DRM Legal has served a letter of claim on Reform UK on behalf of four individuals working for Rupert Lowe MP. The action follows the publication of an internal report commissioned by Reform UK which publicly named them where there was no legal basis for doing so. Our clients wish to make clear that they strenuously deny the allegations made against them in the report and feel compelled to make this statement to correct the public record. Our clients are seeking a fair and reasonable redress that properly reflects the impact on them of the publication of the report. If necessary, they are fully prepared to commence legal proceedings with the court. No further comment will be made at this stage.”
Legal process well underway…
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”