2026-06-02
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Today: Is Restore Britain making politics even more toxic?
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With the Makerfield by-election only weeks away, many see it as a two-horse race.
There's Labour's potential PM-in-waiting, Andy Burnham,
and Reform UK's Robert Kenyon, who's faced criticism over alleged sexist remarks.
But there's another player that's worth paying close attention to.
"I do think immigration needs sorting out because it feeds into the local area. You know,
even just things like traffic. You know, you can't get anywhere." Rebecca Shepard, the candidate for Restore Britain,
a new party led by Rupert Lowe, the former Reform UK MP who famously fell out with Nigel Farage last year.
"I've tried to work within the system, but I can no longer pretend that the existing political structures
are capable of delivering the scale of change this country now needs. That is why today I am launching
Restore Britain as a national political party." Restore is currently polling third in Makerfield.
"You told the Daily Mail that you would put illegal immigrants and asylum seekers in, quote,
a tented camp with a minimum amount of food. There are islands off the Scottish and English coasts
where they can be detained. Put them there and let the midges