Posted on 05/05/2026 2:42:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
James Buchan, a former fisherman in the Scottish port of Peterhead, has swallowed his hostility towards Nigel Farage.
The 38-year-old's longstanding distrust of the populist Reform UK leader and Brexit campaigner has been eclipsed by his fears for the local economy, which he said had been hollowed out by decades of ruinous British government policy.
This week, he plans to vote for Reform for the first time, seeing the party's pledges to maximise oil and gas production in the North Sea and restrict the access of European fishing boats as the best chance of reviving the town's fortunes.
"Some of the areas around here are starting to look like slums," Buchan told Reuters as he sat having his hair trimmed on the high street, rising to point out boarded shops. "We need to find a way to get money circulating back through our economy."
Voters like Buchan are set to drive a surge of support for Reform this week in elections to the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, as well as local councils across England.
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James, you really are giving up far too early.
Vote again for the liberals in charge. They just haven’t yet had the time to accomplish what you have always wanted them to do.
This really is England’s last chance. If Labour does not get the full wipeout that is predicted it is truly over. Even at that it is probably way too late.
More like Boris Johnson probably.
Nigel is Pence not Trump
Right. Which is why Elon Musk said that Farage is not the guy.
Farage is a fraud.
Rupert Lowe is the real guy.
Yes Rupert Lowe is the guy but there are way too many squishes and 3rd worlders in England for him to be elected.
Reform and all of the forces against the cultural invasion should begin in the rural counties in the north. Empty the small cities and countryside of immigrants. March south, two counties at a time.
Was Cromwell elected?
“Farage is a fraud.
“Rupert Lowe is the real guy.”
Very true.
Lowe would make fundamental changes, including to the suicidal immigration mess. Farage might tinker around the edges but I don’t think he would make the tough changes Britain must make.
That’s what is needed.
Update...
Benonwine
@benonwine
Scottish FM John Swinney says he will invite all party leaders except Reform in to St Andrews House for talks about post-election priorities.
That’s very professional and grown up isn’t it, just shows the SNP up for what they really are petty and small minded and unfit to govern
11:33 AM · May 9, 2026 21.1K Views
https://x.com/benonwine/status/2053136268746219575
Note no mention of Restore or Rupert Lowe.
Go figure.
Meanwhile...
Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10
We will work with anyone on Norfolk County Council to deliver tangible results for the people of Great Yarmouth, and the wider county.
With no party in overall control, our votes are vital.
We will use them wisely.
5:14 AM · May 10, 2026 49.8K Views
https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/2053403249990828533
I’ll just toss this in...
Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10
The Daily Express reports that nearly 70,000 foreign students were eligible to vote in the Scottish elections.
Mental.
A Restore Britain Government would ban foreign nationals from both voting and standing in our elections.
12:42 PM · May 12, 2026 173.1K Views
https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/2054240781506900149
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