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The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters

How We Won Great Yarmouth | Interview with Rupert Lowe MP

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters

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4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Rupert Lowe MP explains how Restore Britain swept the local elections.

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0:00.0

Hi, folks. I have the pleasure to once again interview Rupert Lowe after his superb victory in Great Yarmouth. Before we begin, I just want to say that I'm a member of Restore Britain. I'm a local organiser in Swindon for Restore Britain. So this is a friendly interview, just letting my biases on the table there. But Rupert, what a great victory. Well, Carl, first thing, let me say what a pleasure it is to be back at Lotus Eaters.

0:22.8

I was a bit disappointed when I asked everyone. but what a great victory. Well, Carl, first of you let me say what a pleasure it is to be back at Lotus Eaters.

0:22.8

I was a bit disappointed when I asked everybody outside whether they were causing enough

0:26.5

trouble and they didn't seem to give me a very definitive answer.

0:29.0

We're very good boys.

0:30.3

I don't know why you would think that.

0:31.8

It's very good to be here.

0:33.9

And, yeah, after, as you say, I think a historic win in Great Yarmouth first.

0:43.5

And what we've done, I think, and we should give credit, first of all, to the people in Great

0:49.4

Yarmouth, the voters who believe in what we're doing.

0:53.1

They're fantastic people.

0:54.1

We had to go east to find real people. They supported what we're doing. They can see what we're doing. They're fantastic people. We had to go east to find real

0:55.2

people. They supported what we're doing. They can see what we're doing. We asked nine people

1:02.0

who've been in business, who've been in other professions who've actually contributed to their

1:06.5

local community, all from Great Yarmouth. And were from outside politics so the model has been

1:13.7

proved now in Great Yarmouth and these nine people brave put themselves forward campaigned along

1:20.8

with us and we have effectively shown what what model locally can work which we can then roll out nationally.

1:29.0

But I should say the most exciting thing for me was that we saw huge numbers of people from

1:36.1

all over the country come to help us canvas.

1:39.4

So on the Friday, I was blown away.

1:41.1

We had 500 people from all over the country. And then on the Thursday

1:46.3

of Election Day, we probably had 400. They'd all traveled to Great Yarmouth. As you know, it's not

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