The Restore Britain’s new Holborn and St Pancras candidate works as in-house counsel for a Chinese state-owned oil company and has been involved with a diversity-focused legal charity. That combination has prompted sharp questions about candidate vetting from commentator Raheem Kassam on the same day Rupert Lowe announced the selection. On 15 September 2026, Lowe's party posted that Tyler Johnson would stand for the party in the 8 October by-election triggered by Keir Starmer

Restore Britain is a protest vehicle with a hard ceiling. Reform UK is a serious electoral machine that can actually contend for power. That is the core difference heading into the next general election, which must be held by August 2029. Rupert Lowe’s party, launched as a pressure group in 2025 after his expulsion from Reform UK and registered as a party in February 2026, has one MP, unverified membership claims, and a platform that most voters will not touch. Reform, despit

An activist and YouTuber who donated £2,500 to Restore Britain previously expressed hope for “another Hitler” and made a series of anti-Semitic comments online, The Telegraph has reported. Miles Routledge, who styles himself the “last great British explorer” and posts under the name Lord Miles on social media and YouTube, joined the party founded by Rupert Lowe in February 2026. He paid the sum specifically to enter the party’s Cromwell Club, an elite donor group that require

Former Reform UK Party chairman Dr David Bull calls on Nigel to do a deal with Rupert in a pincer movement. He said on Jeremy Vine & Daytime on 5 "If Nigel ignores that it'll look like we've turned our back on Restore..."

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has confirmed he is keeping an open mind about a potential political arrangement with Rupert Lowe and the Restore Britain party, following a public offer from the breakaway group’s leader. Speaking at a Reform UK event, Farage acknowledged the risks of continued competition on the right of British politics. “You could see a situation where Restore… could do us great harm,” he said. “If it was the offer of a deal, it came in a very unusual way. I