Melanie Phillips
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 27 Jun
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You know, it's raising a question.
Are they talking about throwing out not just foreign nationals who are doing terrible things?
Are they talking about throwing out British citizens?
Answer, no, of course we're not, but...
They've talked about dual nationals.
Well, to me, that is throwing out British citizens.
So this is extreme stuff.
But the people who are looking to Nigel to say, here's the red line, are not hearing that.
They're hearing Restore saying, we're going to throw them all out.
And because of the mood in the country, they're saying, yeah, he's now our guy.
I think this is fantastically dangerous, because I think that the people that Restore has accrued to itself, not necessarily its leader, about whom I don't have a very strong view.
I know he fell out badly with Nigel Farage.
But the party has attracted some extremely unsavory individuals.
So has reform, actually, and it hasn't really got to grips yet with weeding everybody out as much as it should.
But restore is, you know, there are many more who are more objectionable.
But unfortunately, because the rhetoric is more akin to what people want to hear,
because they're not hearing it.
Even from Nigel Farage, they've been gravitating towards restore.
I think Nigel Farage can pull that back by laying down red lines.
My final point, however, is I'm not sure whether
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