Key facts
- Rupert Lowe, leader of Restore Britain, has proposed an alliance with Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK.
- Lowe's proposed conditions for cooperation include reversing mass immigration, addressing "demographic security," and a referendum on the death penalty.
- Additional conditions involve welfare cuts for self-sufficiency and excluding former Conservative ministers from any future cabinet.
- Lowe cited recent opinion polls showing Labour overtaking Reform UK as a reason for the right-wing parties to unite.
- Farage stated that Reform UK is building a broad coalition and is open to anyone sharing its aims on borders, the economy, and democracy.
Rupert Lowe, leader of the hard-right Restore Britain party, has proposed an alliance with Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, aiming to unite the fragmented right-wing political landscape in Britain. Lowe urged Farage to set aside personal differences and past disagreements for the "good of the country" and to counter what he described as a "looming leftwing alliance."
Lowe outlined five conditions for cooperation. These include reversing mass immigration with a call for the deportation of all illegal migrants, addressing "demographic security" and "reversing the Islamification of Britain" through measures such as banning the burqa, halal and kosher slaughter, and Sharia courts. Additionally, Lowe proposed a referendum on the death penalty, implementing welfare cuts and spending controls to restore "self-sufficiency," and excluding former Conservative ministers deemed to have "failed our country" from any future cabinet.
The proposal comes amid a shifting political climate, with recent opinion polls indicating that the Labour party has overtaken Reform UK in some surveys. Farage has stated that Reform UK is building a broad coalition and is open to individuals who share its aims on borders, the economy, and democracy, emphasizing that he would "never turn his back on my team."