On the Ground in Makerfield | Interview with Andrew Bridgen
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, folks, I'm joined by former MP Andrew Bridgen. He was a conservative MP until he decided |
| 0:05.1 | during the COVID pandemic to do the right thing at the right time. And of course, they kicked him out |
| 0:10.1 | for it. And ever since then, Andrew has been essentially a warrior for the, how to describe us, |
| 0:17.0 | I guess the nativist right, the sort of the truth-telling right, the right that's actually |
| 0:21.9 | tired of compromise at this point and actually wants to see some tangible gains. |
| 0:26.4 | You've been basically at the front line of every issue that's been something we've been |
| 0:30.1 | championing since then, and as I understand it, you've spent a few days up in Makerfield |
| 0:36.4 | canvassing for Restore and Rupert Lowe. |
| 0:39.2 | I spent a day up in Makerfield on Saturday. |
| 0:42.5 | And I was very impressed. |
| 0:45.1 | For a new party to hit the ground like that in such numbers and to be able to organize those numbers. |
| 0:51.6 | So it was actually done productively so yeah I was out and had |
| 0:56.5 | out on the streets knocking on doors with people who'd done it before and people who never done |
| 1:03.6 | it before and it was very similar to being out I did three days in great Yarmouth and really |
| 1:10.4 | enjoyed that as well. |
| 1:12.6 | I'm a bit of an old war horse, you see. |
| 1:14.4 | So it seems like the first waving of the flags and the whiff of grape shot and I've got to be there. |
| 1:20.6 | No, no, I totally understand. I really do. |
| 1:24.4 | So, yeah, okay, so tell us first about the campaign in Great Yarmouth. What was that like for |
| 1:30.2 | you when you were there? It was like the best of days, you know, the optimism, the enthusiasm, |
| 1:38.6 | something that's been sadly missing in UK politics for a very long time. And it's Rupert's backyard. |
| 1:46.8 | Obviously, you've got to start there because most of them do know about Rupert Lowe, |
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