Lowe offers Farage a pact to unite Britain’s hard right
Rupert Lowe has offered Nigel Farage a deal to stop the British right splitting its vote, saying he is ready to put old grievances aside
Rupert Lowe has offered Nigel Farage a deal to stop the British right splitting its vote, saying he is ready to put old grievances aside if Reform UK accepts a tougher policy line and keeps former Conservative ministers out of any future cabinet.
The Restore Britain leader made the pitch in a video posted on Sunday, calling on Farage to work with him “for the good of the country” as he urged the two camps to find common ground against Labour. Lowe, who was expelled from Reform in 2025 after serving as an MP for the party, said the right was badly divided and could only gain ground by closing ranks.
Five conditions, hard line
The offer came with five conditions. Lowe said any partnership would have to go beyond vows to curb illegal immigration and instead commit to reversing it, including the deportation of all illegal migrants. He also demanded what he described as “demographic security”, tying that to reversing the Islamification of Britain.
Among the other demands were bans on the burqa, halal and kosher slaughter, cousin marriage, Sharia courts and mass public Islamic prayer, according to the video cited by multiple reports. Lowe framed those terms as non-negotiable. That leaves little room for compromise.
His intervention reflects a broader pressure on Britain’s populist right, where several small parties and breakaway factions have competed for the same voters. That fragmentation has worried some supporters who see the anti-Labour vote being split at exactly the wrong moment.
Farage under pressure to respond
The overture follows signs that Restore Britain has real electoral pull. In the Greater Manchester mayoral contest, Reform UK won 21% of first-preference votes, while Restore took just under 10%, a result that strengthened Lowe’s argument that a divided right can still be costly for both sides.
Reform MP Andrew Rosindell has backed calls for reconciliation, arguing that continued division would only help Labour. Lowe, for his part, cast the offer as practical politics rather than reconciliation for its own sake. The task now, he said, was to maximise the chance of delivering political change.
Farage has yet to publicly accept the terms. But Lowe’s message was plain. Set aside the feud, or keep handing rivals an opening.
