The rise of ReformUK
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I don’t think Lowe will get anywhere, if only because nobody’s heard of him outside the Westminster bubble and even if, like the other leaders of RefUK, he’s got the money, being a capitalist himself. But you are right, the nativist right is already split, like the Trotskyists, into a number of competing sects. UKIP still exists and then there are breakaways from them such as Heritage and the Homeland Party.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:UK_Independence_Party_breakaway_groups
I don’t think Lowe will get anywhere, if only because nobody’s heard of him outside the Westminster bubble
I noticed he does have quite a fair bit of support on X, but as you say, is very unlikely to get anywhere. Reform now has over 200K members apparently but according to this article about 2000 may leave to follow Lowe into the wilderness
https://www.gbnews.com/politics/reform-uk-opinion-poll-rupert-lowe-nigel-farage
I see that RefUK’s equivalent did very well in the Portuguese elections the other day. It is called “Chega” which is simply the Portuguese word for “Enough”. Which might be a better name for RefUK as that is what seems to be the basis of its support. Another possible name might be The Protest Party. The trouble with such parties is that once they get elected and have to participate in running capitalism they become part of the “establishment” and another party of protest arises.
Just noticed that the Daily Excess above quotes Lowe as saying:
“Mere reform is inadequate – we need radical, principled change.”
I think he’s saying What We Need is Revolution Not Reform, though of course his idea of revolution is quite different from ours. Still, it’s a good criticism of any party calling itself Reform.
It’s behind a paywall but it’s the headline’s enough.
This of course is a cynical vote-catching move as Reform has no chance of being put in a position to honour it. The Greens aren’t either.
But clever as a way of conning Labour voters to switch to Reform. Whether workers will be duped remains to be seen.
Now Reform is claiming to be the party of working people.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/farage-reform-starmer-workers-benefits-b2758386.html
Maybe the two parties should change names.
Reform as “the new party of the working class” LOL
They are monopolising anti-Starmer and anti-war (while they’re not yet in power) sentiment, but then mouthing off against poor immigrants. I cannot count the number of times I open a Youtube video of someone opposed to militarisation, only to discover, less than two minutes in, that they start blaming immigration. Definitely National rather than “Socialist”!
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