Daniel Trilling, journalist and author of If We Tolerate This: How the British Establishment Made the Far Right Respectable, has warned that the newly formed Restore Britain party threatens to erode Reform UK's vote share in the Makerfield byelection.
Restore Britain, led by Rupert Lowe, has positioned itself as a harder-line alternative to Reform, pushing for an even more extreme policy of mass deportations of unauthorised migrants. Trilling described the rhetoric around this policy as 'shockingly extreme', noting that Lowe has stated 'millions must go'.
The emergence of Restore Britain raises questions about the future of Nigel Farage's Reform party and wider UK politics. If Restore Britain succeeds in drawing votes away from Reform, it could push Farage further to the right in an effort to reclaim lost support.
