Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe says Farage ‘must never be PM’ as CPS rules out charges

MP accuses ex-colleagues of attempt to silence him as CPS says it will not charge him over allegations of verbal threats

The former Reform MP Rupert Lowe has accused his ex-colleagues of a sinister" attempt to use the police to silence him, as he launched a furious attack on Nigel Farage who he said must never be prime minister".

Lowe, the MP for Great Yarmouth who now sits as an independent, made the remarks after the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed it would not bring criminal charges over allegations that Lowe made verbal threats in parliament last December.