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Restore about to give Burnham victory as 'stubborn' Rupert Lowe tears into Reform share
MSN / Daily Express ^ | June 8 | Story by Laura Zilincanova

Posted on 06/08/2026 3:10:19 AM PDT by RandFan

Reform UK has been put in a dangerous position ahead of the Makerfield parliamentary by-election by a rival right-wing party. In what is likely to be Britain's most important by-election in history, Restore Britain, led by Rupert Lowe, is splitting the vote. Lowe is a former Reform UK MP who was ejected from the party. Times Radio presenter Rod Liddle commented that Restore is dividing the electorate in "an incredibly stubborn manner".

The by-election on June 18 was triggered when Labour MP Josh Simons stepped down specifically to allow Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to run for Parliament. If he wins the seat, Burnham has confirmed he plans to launch a bid to become the next Labour leader and replace Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Meanwhile, Reform UK's candidate, Robert Kenyon, stands at 39%. This puts him just 10 points behind Labour's Andy Burnham, who is currently polling at 49%.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
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Crazy situation this. The most important special election in British HISTORY and the right are splitting the vote.

Meanwhile, if this was repeated in a general election up and down the land Labour could cling to office. It will become central to their strategy in fact.

What is Lowe doing?

1 posted on 06/08/2026 3:10:19 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

“The most important special election in British HISTORY “


Nonsense!


2 posted on 06/08/2026 3:22:41 AM PDT by miniTAX
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To: RandFan

What is Lowe doing?

Why don’t see what he says...

https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/2063871549430522243

Longer, so just the link.

No wonder the UK’s Deep State has a mad-on for the guy, eh...


3 posted on 06/08/2026 3:26:27 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: miniTAX

Actually, it might be. :-)


4 posted on 06/08/2026 3:26:54 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: RandFan

Some seem to believe that Restore UK is a stalking horse to divide the right. What do FReepers think? Musk certainly has gone all in on Lowe and against Garage.


5 posted on 06/08/2026 3:56:39 AM PDT by montag813
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To: montag813

It has major implications beyond just this in various districts in a general election scenario like I mentioned


6 posted on 06/08/2026 4:00:17 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: montag813

I believe that Lowe is more sincere than Farage. I see Farage as just a politician who says stuff.


7 posted on 06/08/2026 4:06:17 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: montag813
"Some seem to believe that Restore UK is a stalking horse to divide the right. What do FReepers think?"

Nigel Farage spent decades advocating for Brexit. He deserves a lot of credit for that. However, he won't go anywhere near the mass deportations or prosecuting the grooming/rape gangs that will be necessary.

Farage completely shunned Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom rallies. Farage is not the guy to save Britain.

First, Rupert Lowe tried to do it from within Reform Britain. Nigel Farage had him expelled from the party. That was when Rupert Lowe founded Restore Britain.

It is true that Rupert Lowe and Restore Britain will take votes away from Nigel Farage and Reform Britain.

But Lowe will also motivate thousands of British citizens that have given up on politics to come out and vote for the first time in decades.

There are also thousands of disaffected Labor and Tory voters that are fed up with the status quo that will turn out to vote for Restore Britain.

8 posted on 06/08/2026 5:02:58 AM PDT by JoeVortex (Pray that nobody gets nuked.)
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I’ll bet that nobody’s saying “there will always be an England” these days.


9 posted on 06/08/2026 6:22:24 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Gay State Conservative; RandFan

>I’ll bet that nobody’s saying “there will always be an England” these days.

Just as ‘small/limited govt\Constitution’ died during the ‘16 election in the U.S.

The replacement will just take longer here (we already have a multi-tiered ‘just-us’ system & both parties vying to flood in the [illegal] aliens...I mean ‘migrants/asylum seekers’)


10 posted on 06/08/2026 6:46:14 AM PDT by i_robot73 (One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
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To: montag813
Some seem to believe that Restore UK is a stalking horse to divide the right.

It's something Soros would do.

Fund Restore Britain.

Then Labour can win due to First Past the Post electoral system. The only catch is that Labour Supporters are voting for the Green Party now.

11 posted on 06/08/2026 6:26:46 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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