Rupert Lowe Seeks Reform UK Alliance, Sets Five Conditions

On Monday, August 3, 2026, Rupert Lowe, leader of the right-wing party Restore Britain, issued a public call for cooperation with Reform UK and its leader, Nigel Farage, while outlining a series of hardline policy demands as a condition for any alliance. Lowe urged the two movements to set aside personal and political differences to prevent what he described as a "looming left-wing alliance" from taking power.

Lowe, a former Reform UK MP who was suspended from the party in 2025 following allegations of bullying and making verbal threats against the party's chairman, Zia Yusuf, made the appeal in a social media video posted on Sunday, August 2. He founded Restore Britain after leaving Reform, positioning it further to the right, particularly on immigration. Lowe stated that he was willing to put past disagreements aside "for the good of the country" and argued that local cooperation between their parties on Norfolk County Council showed collaboration could work at a national level.

However, Lowe's offer was explicitly conditional on Reform UK adopting five key policy positions championed by Restore Britain. First, he demanded a commitment not just to end illegal immigration but...