There are no guardrails now on the right of UK politics: where Restore Britain goes, others will follow | Owen Jones
In the UK â and across the west - incendiary language and white supremacist policies are entering the political mainstream What qualifies as too rightwing
In the UK â and across the west - incendiary language and white supremacist policies are entering the political mainstream What qualifies as too rightwing these days? Itâs a question Iâve considered often in recent years. But it takes on even greater urgency when contemplating the rise of Restore Britain.
Founded by multimillionaire businessman and former Reform MP Rupert Lowe, the party enjoys the active support of far-right tech bro Elon Musk, the worldâs richest man. If Nigel Farage strikes you as a wet liberal, then Restore Britain may be the party youâve been waiting for.
Its mission, it says, is to âreverse mass migrationâ. That means deporting not just undocumented migrants but âlegally resident foreign nationalsâ who live in social housing, claim benefits or supposedly âfail to integrateâ â a strikingly elastic category. Lowe himself declares that âmillions and millionsâ need to leave or be made to leave.
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