Restore leader accuses Farage of ‘outright lying’ over pact offer but says his party ‘remains open’ – as it happened

Rupert Lowe has accused Nigel Farage of lying, potentially scuppering talks about a political pact before they have even begun.

In a post on X, the Restore Britain leader wrote: “I do not want to make private conversations public, but Farage has just done so at a national press conference. He just stated he said to me yesterday ‘Shall we have a call?’.

“Sadly, that is just a lie. Yesterday at 10.30 Nigel messaged me, saying the following three words. ‘Will call later’. The evidence is below. I have received no call. Senior Reform figures then went public to rubbish my offer.”

“The offer remains open to Nigel and Reform. Although outright lying about our private conversations does not help that,” Lowe added.

“For Restore Britain, it will always be country before party - ahead of any personal differences or past disagreements we have.”