The Nigel Farage vs Rupert Lowe all-out war is getting uglier by the day, as the pair exchange back and forth tweets between one another. But it leads us to the big question, is this the beginning of the end for the Reform Party?
Farage vs Lowe: let battle commence
It’s great news for those that are sitting back and enjoying the popcorn; taking pleasure in the fact that the far right is getting a good kicking Not only is it entertaining for the public, but it is likely to be bringing gleeful smiles throughout Westminster.
In particular to the faces of Labour Party and Conservative MPS, who for so long felt threatened by the rise of Reform and its growing membership across the country.
It appears that Nigel Farage is much like his best buddy and fellow counterpart Donald Trump. The US president, like Farage, demands absolute fealty from his knights of the round table, and if they step a foot out of line… well they’ll be getting a message stating that they no longer have a job.
This is dangerous territory for Farage, who claims to be serious about forming a party for government. It was only 10 months ago that he announced that he was campaigning to be an MP in the 2024 General Election.
Already he is one man down, and potentially more will fall if they dare to be interviewed by the Daily Mail, challenge Farage’s “messianic” tendencies, and question whether he has what it takes to become prime minister.
It is clear that in this brawl, Farage simply looks like an egomaniac who can’t even handle his own MPs. So the question is how could he possibly lead the government as a potential PM if he is failing so disastrously this early?
What a mess
Just last weekend, a senior figure from Reform warned that anyone who crosses Farage will inevitably become just another part of his political world that:
is littered with the bodies of people who have done that.
On Thursday this week, Rupert Lowe wrote a damning letter to Farage which criticised him for being undemocratic. The MP for Great Yarmouth accused Reform’s leader of conducting a “smear assault”.
He furthered this by stating:
Your real motive was to remove me because I dared to ask questions. And I know you know that.
And again, he accused Farage of inciting a “witch hunt “against him.
This is clearly a problem for Farage, and not one that is being ignored by supporters of Reform who are divided in a civil war of words as to who they really support now.
Lowe is no saint however, having endorsed far-right thug Tommy Robinson in the past – as he said that he ”deserves to be given the credit for the things he’s done right”.
This then inevitably led to the far-right Nazi-sympathising Elon Musk calling for Lowe to replace Farage as leader of Reform back in early January of this year.
It therefore appears that the party that is run by mostly old white males is essentially inflicting self-destruction mode on itself. The men are battling for dominance over what direction the party takes itself in.
Trumpian judgement
Aside from the row with Lowe, Farage has also recently lost favour with some voters over his apologist tone towards Putin. This was when he criticised Zelenskyy for his meeting with Trump in the Oval Office. Farage said that the Ukrainian Leader had “over played his hand”.
Naturally Nigel joined the army of people who demanded that he should wear a suit, which seems a little hypocritical when Musk himself wears casual “dark gothic MAGA gear”.
Recently, Farage has evidently found himself on the wrong side of politics. His usual wily thinking appears to have malfunctioned and failed, as he seeks to consistently charm Donald Trump and continue being Putin’s poodle by insisting that the growth of NATO is what stoked the war and not Putin’s callous and most importantly illegal invasion of Ukraine.
The surge that Reform enjoyed last Autumn might be on its way down. In recent polling, voter intention was shown to be sitting comfortably in the low 20’s – which is evidence that things are beginning to sour for Farage.
This is likely also caused by his idolisation of Trump, who is blowing up the US with his destructive tariffs that have had a cataclysmic effect upon the stock market, as Wallstreet cries in agony.
Farage and Lowe: where next except obscurity?
If Farage intends to be anything like his dear friend Agent Orange, he would be a fool – and his supporters might finally come to the realisation that he is not a patriot, but an egotistical, self-obsessed maniac who is just out for himself.
His belief that he is potentially on the cusp of winning the next general election could be a hope that is shattered. It is more likely that his party will continue to tear itself to shreds through its petty rows and teenage squabbles that will ultimately come to define the party as one of protest, and not one that is serious for government.
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