The Tory chairman has called Reform leader Richard Tice a “threatening bully” after he warned he could embarrass another senior Tory figure.

The quarrel between the two parties was over a devastating polls for governmentsuggesting that the Conservatives risk losing 100 seats in parliament after the next election.

But the same analysis of 15,000 voters found that if reform If it steps back, the Conservatives will have closer to 150 seats.

The Reform Britain Party did not contest the seats that the Conservatives had already held in the 2019 general election as the former Brexit Party – where then Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought a mandate to “get Brexit done”.

But today’s row makes the chances of a similar deal at the next election looking slim.

After the quarrel broke out Conservative Deputy Chairman Jonathan Gullis criticized Mr Tice and the choice of reformist candidates in the Mail on Sunday.

Mr Tice later posted on social media: “Special Easter message to Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis: Given the amount of embarrassing personal information we have about you, I advise you not to attack me .”

In response, Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden posted: “Richard Tice has revealed what a threatening bully he is.

“stupid people.”

Government whip Mark Jenkinson said Mr Tice was “not just a political bellwether but a thin-skinned bully – who knew?”.

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Mr Gulis’s criticism comes from an article purporting to reform – in which Nigel Farage are directors – who have elected candidates for the Commons including a convicted animal abuser and a fortune teller who sells spells for £200 on the OnlyFans website.

The MP told the Mail on Sunday: “The Reform Party says its candidates have been vetted and given that all this information is in the public domain we can only assume that this group of people passed Mr Tice’s call.

“We’re obviously not just talking about ‘a few rotten eggs’ here. If you’re promoting a candidate who bans caring for dogs, how can you honestly say they’re capable of looking after the interests of their constituents?”

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Lee Anderson, one of Mr Dangoulis’ former deputy chairmen, said the confrontation between the two parties had reached new heights. Defected from the Conservative Party to the Reform Party.

There are reports that the reforms are attracting more Conservatives – including Mr Gulis – although he has denied this.

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Bob Seely, the Conservative MP for the Isle of Wight, told The Sun on Sunday that reformists “tried to seduce” Mr Anderson in the weeks before he defected.

But he said “he knew it was a stupid deal when I saw it” – calling the reforms “a ragtag group of people with no hope of governing or leading”.