Lucy Fisher

I'm selling Rupert Lowe, the ex-Reform MP who set up Restore Britain, the hardline nativist far-right party in February this year, because despite that move, turning what was a pressure group into a formal party, they've only been able to stand a handful of affiliated candidates in Great Yarmouth and Sheffield.

And I was talking to one analyst earlier this week who said,

Having announced they're here, not being able to advance beyond that suggests there may be limited bandwidth for them.

And I should, if I'm allowed to plug, a piece that my excellent colleague Anna Gross and I worked on this week about Restore.

If you're interested in the extreme positions they hold, we've filleted them so you don't have to go through all the things they've said on X.

Still remains to be seen whether they could end up dragging reform to the right or conversely helping Nigel Farage present his party as a moderate alternative to this far right.

But Rupert Lowe, I think, despite having the endorsement of Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson, so far hasn't been able to cut through in a mainstream way.

Well, that's all we've got time for.

Stephen, Jen, Jim, thanks for joining.

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Well, that's right.

Look, 5,000-odd council seats across 136 councils in England.