The ex-chairman of Southampton FC has slammed the Prime Minister after he pulled down a portrait of Margaret Thatcher in 10 Downing Street. 

Former Saints man turned Reform UK MP, Rupert Lowe branded the PM a "socialist gnome" after the Thatcher photo was removed from her former study. 

Lowe was Southampton chairman between 1996 and 2006 and again from 2008 to 2009. 

In July he was elected as MP for Great Yarmouth - one of five Reform candidates to secure a seat. 

Posting on X on Friday, he wrote: "When Reform wins the next election, one of our first acts will be to restore the portrait of Margaret Thatcher to its rightful place in No 10.

"Clearly, our socialist gnome Prime Minister can't hack a political titan overlooking his unfaltering incompetence."