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‘Rattled’ Farage lashes out at Musk & Lowe

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:11 June 2026
Post last modified:11 June 2026

An irritable Nigel Farage has lashed out at Restore Britain and Elon Musk. And he’s got good reason to be angry, because it looks like the Reform breakaway party could prevent Farage from winning in Makerfield: Let's see what happens next Thursday, shall we? — Rupert Lowe MP (@RupertLowe10) June 10, 2026 Reform, Restore, Retreat In the clip above, Sky News’s Beth Rigby put the following to the hard-right leader: When it comes to Makerfield, Restore are doing well here and it could really hurt you. A tetchy Farage asked “are they?” before Rigby finished: What’s Rupert Lowe got that it’s appealing…

Starmer finds his backbone as he stands up to Elon Musk “interfering in our politics”

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:4 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

UK PM Keir Starmer appears to have found his backbone as he strengthens his rhetoric towards divisive X owner Elon Musk, saying the billionaire: has been interfering in our politics in the last few days, trying to whip up division. That is not who we are in Britain. Adding: When it comes to disgusting images on Grok, we take Grok on and fight, because that’s who we are as a country. Starmer is right, of course, which is a refreshing change of pace. However, condemnation alone achieves precious little. The government must urgently curb the influence that super-rich elites wield over…

Rupert Lowe’s reach on X eclipses that of Nigel Farage — and all thanks go to Elon Musk

Post author:Alex/Rose Cocker
Post published:29 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Research from the Financial Times indicates that Rupert Lowe — founder of the extreme-right Restore Britain — has more reach on social media platform X than Reform’s Nigel Farage. In large part, Lowe owes his success to billionaire Elon Musk, who bought out Twitter in 2022 (and then had a highly public fallout with Farage in 2025). Since launching Restore back in February, ten of Lowe’s X posts have received over 10-million views. Meanwhile, whilst Farage has over three times Lowe’s follower count, none of his posts have reached a similar mark. Whilst Restore currently consists of — in Farage’s words —…