Rupert Lowe makes Nigel Farage look like a raging leftie

MaizieD I have seen no evidence that those who are pro-Palestinian are not anti-semitic. If that was so, then the long established Jewish population of this country would not have seen so many threats to their homes, families and jobs. no one would have forced their children not to wear their school uniform in public incase they were attacked. No synagogues would have barricades round them. Because every pro Pakestinian would know that non-Israeli jews are no part of this current war and they would have been living their lives in uiet and peace.

M0nica

So why are the leftwing parties so vociferous in their support for all organisations and demonstrations that are pro Palestinian and so antisemitic?

Maybe because they can see a difference between anti-semitism and anti-Zionism?

So why are the leftwing parties so vociferous in their support for all organisations and demonstrations that are pro Palestinian and so antisemitic?

Farage? Rupert Lowe made an anti semitic remark in May of last year?
Any of the "its only leftie stuff" proved a load of rubbish

Don't just read the headlines read down to the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

And you never just get one comment like this. It's part of the way he sees the world, make no mistake

www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/21/rupert-lowe-antisemitic-remark-parliament-meeting-reform

He didnt know he would be recorded, its disgusting how they chat over the remark after - its on the v short video.

MaizieD

I'm not sure that the 'far left' is notably antisemitic. A lot of that was manufactured to get rid of Corbyn.

I suspect that whatever antisemitism there is cuts across party lines.

I suspect that whatever antisemitism there is cuts across party lines.

Farage has 'history' on this. He's obviously attempted to downplay it as some sort of youthful indiscretion, however he was old enough to, as they say, 'know better'.

I'm not sure that the 'far left' is notably antisemitic. A lot of that was manufactured to get rid of Corbyn.

I suspect that whatever antisemitism there is cuts across party lines.

nanna8

You would expect the far right to be anti Jewish thugs but, strangely, it is the far left here that are more anti Semitic and thuggish. Not much to choose between the two except one lot seem to be more acceptable. Both vile.

I think neither extreme right nor extreme left is a good look.

mum2three

He and his followers are simply trying to put right the damage that mis-guided lefties have done to this country. Countries need, laws, discipline and efficiency. All this liberalism simply does not work. It's brought out the worst in human nature. There are too many idealists with their heads in the clouds.

Sorry but I NEVER want to return to the days of discrimination and all that brings with it.

Call me a lefty woke and I will state very clearly that I believe in justice, the legal kind, the moral kind and the social kind. I believe in giving EVERYONE a fair and equal start in life, access to healthcare, access to a good education and access to adequate housing!

If that means “liberalism” so be it!

I’ve not heard “mis-guided lefties” advocating lawlessness nor applauding lack of efficiency. Cannot comment on your “discipline” as I’m not entirely sure what you mean, corporal and capital punishment? If so, no thank you

You would expect the far right to be anti Jewish thugs but, strangely, it is the far left here that are more anti Semitic and thuggish. Not much to choose between the two except one lot seem to be more acceptable. Both vile.

LibDem peer Mark Pack publishes a regularly-updated list of councillors who were elected on the Reform ticket who are not Reform councillors any more, plus other comings and goings with links to news items explaining what happened.

www.markpack.org.uk/175342/how-many-councillors-has-reform-uk-lost-since-may/

It’s extraordinary and unprecedented; shows what happens when a bunch of inexperienced (and all too often unpleasant people) are elected on vague and narrowly-defined polices and false promises.

64 have gone so far, including 10 from Kent, reducing their numbers in the county to 47 with 33 from other parties and independents.

1. Daniel Taylor(Kent, suspended by Reform UK and later sentenced to 12 months in prison)

2. Amelia Randall (Kent, switched to Ukip)

3. Bill Barrett (Kent and Ashford, suspended by Reform UK, later expelled)

4. Oliver Bradshaw (Kent, suspended by Reform UK, later expelled and then joined Restore Britain)

5. Maxine Fothergill (Kent, suspended by Reform UK and then joined Restore Britain)

6. Paul Thomas (Kent, suspended by Reform UK, later expelled and then joined Restore Britain)

7. Brian Black (Kent, expelled by Reform UK and then joined Restore Britain)

8. Isabella Kemp (Kent, suspended by Reform UK and then joined Restore Britain)

9. Dean Burns (Kent, departed his deputy cabinet role in November 2025 and then joined Restore Britain)

10. Matthew Fraser Moat (Kent Head of DOLGE stands down after a “lapse of judgement. February 2026.

Keep up the rate of attrition and Reform could lose control of Kent CC to a coalition - which is what happened to the Tories in a city in this county when a coalition of Lab/LibDem and Independents took control. The controversial former Tory leader and several of his colleagues have now defected to Reform, of course.

It’s looking like juvenile George Finch could be on his way out as leader of Warwickshire CC. How can it be possible for a 19-year-old school-leaver to lead a local authority with £1.5bn worth of assets and an annual budget of £500m?

www.warwickshireworld.com/news/politics/warwickshire-county-council-leader-george-finch-faces-vote-of-no-confidence-5626064

Shambles doesn’t even begin to cover it, plus its worth pointing out that Restore is not even registered as political party with the Electoral Commission, so the legality of any councillors who are working and claiming expenses under its banner is questionable.

mum3three, if you read my post about the soap opera that is Kent County Council under the Reform group, you will be aware of the previous incumbents of County Hall .
Kent has been Conservative led for over thirty years, so has not been the subject of any "damage..by mis- guided lefties" this century. No " liberalism" has sullied Kent for three decades .

He and his followers are simply trying to put right the damage that mis-guided lefties have done to this country. Countries need, laws, discipline and efficiency. All this liberalism simply does not work. It's brought out the worst in human nature. There are too many idealists with their heads in the clouds.

Dickens

I think we have to make a distinction between religion and culture.

The latter will hijack the former and twist its teachings to suit a nasty and repressive agenda, if it suits. Throw into the mix those whose reactions are more immediate and visceral, and you can end up with a completely distorted view on any religion.

I'm an atheist, but I do think there is a divergence between a religion and the culture that might support it.

I agree with this comment.

Well no but that is democracy isnt it, Polanski has never said what I think, but that doesn't matter in a sense.

Chocolatelovinggran

Bizarrely, there continues to be support.
There is an upcoming councillor vacancy ( see " coercive control" above!) and some local folk interviewed spoke about " Our Nigel" and how he " Says what we all think". You know, of course, the issue to which they refer .
No one spoke of the candidate, or events at County Hall.
There seems to be a personality cult underpinning Reform.

Farage has NEVER, not even once, said what I think! Nor has he said what many of my family and friends think either.

My bestie, living in Frinton, says he’s joined Frinton Cricket Club and is often seen there and it makes her want to 🤮🤮 as a long term member of the club herself and a very regular user of said club.

Bizarrely, there continues to be support.
There is an upcoming councillor vacancy ( see " coercive control" above!) and some local folk interviewed spoke about " Our Nigel" and how he " Says what we all think". You know, of course, the issue to which they refer .
No one spoke of the candidate, or events at County Hall.
There seems to be a personality cult underpinning Reform.

Chocolatelovinggran

Well, I'm in Kent, which has been Conservative led for thirty years, and have been astonished at the shambles at County Hall since Reform took over.
Reform councillors removed for leaking a meeting at which the leader swore at her colleagues and told them to "suck it up"
A meeting which was stopped because one member threatened to punch another.
The sale of art works donated to the people of Kent, with no consultation.
The spending of £ 600,000 on upgrading parking places for eight members ( the worker bees, if course, can't park there)
The substantial prison sentence given to a sacked councillor for coercive control.
And I haven't started on their policies...

You probably won't find anyone now who actually voted for them Chocolatelovinggran 🤔

Galaxy

I fully support the banning of halal and kosher meat and have very serious concerns about the niqab, (banned in some European countries). I couldn't care less what label is put on me for that.

I totally agree with you Galaxy.

Halal/kosher meat - it is incredibly cruel not to stun animals before slaughter.

Like many other countries including France, Belgium and Switzerland, I would like to see the burqa/niqab banned. Face covering is not a mandatory in their religion and has no place in this country where facial recognition is imperative.

Well, I'm in Kent, which has been Conservative led for thirty years, and have been astonished at the shambles at County Hall since Reform took over.
Reform councillors removed for leaking a meeting at which the leader swore at her colleagues and told them to "suck it up"
A meeting which was stopped because one member threatened to punch another.
The sale of art works donated to the people of Kent, with no consultation.
The spending of £ 600,000 on upgrading parking places for eight members ( the worker bees, if course, can't park there)
The substantial prison sentence given to a sacked councillor for coercive control.
And I haven't started on their policies...

I remember that 'boating' incident.
What an idiot.

DrWatson

For Margaret, and that "We need a new positive direction and that's Reform." -- I suggest you take a trip to Kent, and ask the locals what a blankety-blank shambles their nice new REFORM County Council has been making of things since taking over, high on the list has been breaking their optimiatic campaign 'promises' (bribes to the gullible voter?).

The fact that you couldn't read the OP properly before (mis)quoting it should tell people plenty about the avg Reform fan?!

The Labour councils have done so much better haven’t they , NOT

Probably the traffic that was piling up and the man in the wheelchair that could not get through, have you not seen footage of this?

DrWatson

I'm obliged to the OP for mentioning Rupert Lowe, who I'd seen on a show like Newsnight (?), but had dismissed as a right-wing 'nutjob'. And I'm reminded that he fell out with Farrago, two massive egos circling in the same orbit, bound to be trouble?

I've now had to research Mr Lowe, I wonder if he or any of his would-be voters have been questioned about their stated ambition to send all the tinted people in the UK back to where they or their ancestors came from? He apparently has ample funds, but 'normal' people might not welcome the immediate collapse of the NHS, which would be a direct result of that (barmy) policy?

I further read up about Mr Lowe's achievements, it seems he was a Chairman of Southampton FC, but left after protests from fans and shareholders. In 2009, soon after his departure, his 'Southampton Leisure Holdings' (his vehicle for owning the club) was placed into administration. I'm not overly familiar with football tactics and strategy, but it would appear that Lowe's grand scheme to apoint a Rugby expert as a 'Director of Football' didn't end too well?

It seems he bought a football team called Garforth (Yorks) in 2012, aiming to take it to the Premier League, but he dropped them a couple of years later, as the task resembled making Donald Trump look like a sane, well-read scholar.

He'd been a Brexit MEP, but got into 'Reform' once the Brexit party had no further purpose. Does anyone ever ask the likes of Lowe and Farrago how their main ambition has served the country??

This piece is also in his Wiki profile (soooo funny! -- oh, and he's MP for Great Yarmouth) >>>> On 8 August 2025, Lowe posted a picture on X (formerly Twitter) of a small boat off the Norfolk coast, stating: "Dinghies coming into Great Yarmouth, RIGHT NOW. Authorities alerted, and I am urgently chasing. If these are illegal migrants, I will be using every tool at my disposal to ensure these individuals are deported.". Great Yarmouth is 100+ miles north of Dover, where migrants in small boats usually land, and the same distance from the coast of the Netherlands.

It transpired that the boat was a party of volunteers rowing from Land's End to John O'Groats, to raise money for a motor neurone disease charity. THAT is the sort of opinionated cretin that 'Restore' folk think is some sort of 'Messiah'. Messiah? Only like the one in Life of Brian . . .

I entirely agree.

It’s all very well donating his MP monthly income to various local charities in his constituency, but all this shows is that’s his so rich he doesn’t miss his £90,000 MP salary. This doesn’t make him a “good” MP nor a “great” man, it makes him a very very wealthy man playing his own little game.

People get so sucked in and extremely carried away, Lowe will go the same way as Farage ultimately, when they are both bored with playing at politics.

Frankly it’s sad, pathetic and insulting to other MPs and their own constituencies, money simply isn’t the answer to everything and one can quietly donate to charity without becoming an MP, neither he nor Farage have given one sensible thought to the people in their constituencies, some of whom may be the very people they are bragging about deporting, once elected your role is to protect and serve EVERY member of your constituency, not just those voting for you.

I'm obliged to the OP for mentioning Rupert Lowe, who I'd seen on a show like Newsnight (?), but had dismissed as a right-wing 'nutjob'. And I'm reminded that he fell out with Farrago, two massive egos circling in the same orbit, bound to be trouble?

I've now had to research Mr Lowe, I wonder if he or any of his would-be voters have been questioned about their stated ambition to send all the tinted people in the UK back to where they or their ancestors came from? He apparently has ample funds, but 'normal' people might not welcome the immediate collapse of the NHS, which would be a direct result of that (barmy) policy?

I further read up about Mr Lowe's achievements, it seems he was a Chairman of Southampton FC, but left after protests from fans and shareholders. In 2009, soon after his departure, his 'Southampton Leisure Holdings' (his vehicle for owning the club) was placed into administration. I'm not overly familiar with football tactics and strategy, but it would appear that Lowe's grand scheme to apoint a Rugby expert as a 'Director of Football' didn't end too well?

It seems he bought a football team called Garforth (Yorks) in 2012, aiming to take it to the Premier League, but he dropped them a couple of years later, as the task resembled making Donald Trump look like a sane, well-read scholar.

He'd been a Brexit MEP, but got into 'Reform' once the Brexit party had no further purpose. Does anyone ever ask the likes of Lowe and Farrago how their main ambition has served the country??

This piece is also in his Wiki profile (soooo funny! -- oh, and he's MP for Great Yarmouth) >>>> On 8 August 2025, Lowe posted a picture on X (formerly Twitter) of a small boat off the Norfolk coast, stating: "Dinghies coming into Great Yarmouth, RIGHT NOW. Authorities alerted, and I am urgently chasing. If these are illegal migrants, I will be using every tool at my disposal to ensure these individuals are deported.". Great Yarmouth is 100+ miles north of Dover, where migrants in small boats usually land, and the same distance from the coast of the Netherlands.

It transpired that the boat was a party of volunteers rowing from Land's End to John O'Groats, to raise money for a motor neurone disease charity. THAT is the sort of opinionated cretin that 'Restore' folk think is some sort of 'Messiah'. Messiah? Only like the one in Life of Brian . . .

MayBee70

SaxonGrace

Rupert Lowe has tapped in to the fears of many thousands of people in towns / cities who have seen whole areas totally overrun by a culture alien to us, as far as I know he is the only MP who because he is already wealthy donates his monthly salary to charities local to his constituency. Agree or disagree with his politics one cannot deny the man appeals to many people, to use the phrase ‘far right’ as a derogatory term shows ignorance of many folks daily lives.

“Rupert Lowe’s policies, primarily driven through his organization "Restore Britain" (launched June 2025), focus on extreme immigration restriction, including the mass deportation of illegal immigrants to achieve net-negative migration. His platform advocates for replacing UK human rights laws, banning the burqa/niqab, abolishing halal/kosher slaughter, legalizing pepper spray for women, reinstating the death penalty, and reducing public funding for the BBC”
Wikipedia
If that isn’t extreme right wing what is?

I agree with legalising pepper spray for women … with a few safeguards, like registering for it and the reason or similar.