Former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe may have been feeling a little embarrassed last night after he admitted he had mistaken a charity rowing crew for “illegal migrants”.

In a furious post on X the MP for Great Yarmouth wrote: “Dinghies coming into Great Yarmouth, RIGHT NOW. Authorities alerted, and I am urgently chasing.

“If these are illegal migrants, I will be using every tool at my disposal to ensure these individuals are deported. Enough is enough. Britain needs mass deportations. NOW.”

He attached a fuzzy photo showing a small boat in the distance near wind turbines off the Norfolk coast, and soon more than 770,000 views and 22,000 likes.

But, 10 hours later, Lowe hastily backtracked, confirming on social media that it was actually a rowing boat trying to raise money for MND (Mot

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