Rupert Lowe has apologised after mistaking a charity rowing crew for a boat full of migrants.
The Independent MP, who won the Great Yarmouth seat for Reform UK before being ousted from the party earlier this year, claimed yesterday that 'dinghies' were heading towards the Norfolk coast.
The former Southampton FC chairman, who has more than 400,000 followers on X, said he had alerted the authorities and was 'urgently chasing', whilst sharing an image of a boat near wind turbines off the coast.
But he was forced to row back on his comments when it emerged the boat in question belonged to ROW4MND – a team of four charity rowers making their way from Land's End to John O'Groats to raise money for motor neurone disease research.
Mr Lowe later admitted it had been a 'false alarm' and pledged to donate £1,000 to the group's cause.
