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Today in Focus

The party dragging Nigel Farage further to the right

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Daniel Trilling on the far-right party threatening Reform’s chances in the Makerfield byelection. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:02.0

Today, is Restore Britain a two-horse race.

0:29.4

There's Labour's potential PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham and Reform UK's Robert Kenyon,

0:34.3

who's faced criticism over alleged sexist remarks.

0:38.0

But there's another player that's worth paying close attention to.

0:41.6

I do think immigration needs sorting out because it feeds into the local area,

0:47.5

you know, even just things like traffic.

0:50.1

You know, you can't get anywhere.

0:54.4

Rebecca Shepard, the candidate for Restore Britain, a new party led by Rupert Lowe,

1:00.2

the former Reform UK MP who famously fell out with Nigel Farage last year.

1:06.3

I've tried to work within the system, but I can no longer pretend that the existing political

1:12.1

structures are capable of delivering the scale of change this country now needs.

1:18.4

That is why today I am launching Restore Britain as a national political party.

1:25.6

Restore is currently polling third in Makerfield.

1:29.3

You told the Daily Mail that you would put illegal immigrants and asylum seekers in, quote,

1:34.1

a tented camp with a minimum amount of food.

1:37.6

There are islands off the Scottish and English coast where they can be detained,

1:41.8

put them there and let the midges do the rest.

1:45.0

Do you mean that?

1:51.4

I did say that. And I stand by, my opinion. People who arrive here illegally should be detained and deported. And though the party was only officially registered this year, its founder has been

1:57.1

making headlines for espousing some of the most extreme views in British politics.

2:02.3

We are seeing increasing numbers of people coming here illegally and equally, I think a lot of

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