If Restore Britain sit out Clacton, they hand Farage an easy narrative later that they played the game tactically and disrespected voters’ right to a real choice.
Do I have 10 people from Clacton that would sign my nomination paper?
I would love to stand on stage next to Farage and talk about demographic replacement.
As a Clacton resident, I want ALEK YERBURY of the NATIONAL REBIRTH PARTY to run in this by-election. I am lacking the true nationalist representation I need!
@recusant_pulse@infinitehorus Reform victory isn't guaranteed as their errors come from leadership and have all been own goals. They would have to maintain their current polling position (which is worse than late 2025) for the next 3 years.
Restore is a party growing faster than expected after just 4 months.
@recusant_pulse@infinitehorus It isn't destroying the Tories as the Tory machine took it over. A Reform victory will likely see them form a coalition with the Tories as ancestral politics is not yet killed, giving them a pathway back into power. Farage could always drop out and give leadership to Jenrick also
@recusant_pulse@infinitehorus Reform kicked nationalists out their party while Restore so far has committed to not policing their membership, and Reform's senior ranks got completely infiltrated by the uniparty so it would be very hard to get any headway in there.
@KairosChasing@orm0nde@ZoomerHistorian Its already shown its promise in its infancy and yet people are trying to give up a project that will take several years to reach its peak.
@KairosChasing@orm0nde@ZoomerHistorian Restore is doing even better than people expected as an electoral prospect after 4 months with the main thing going for it (for Facebook normies who are who you need to win over) being Lowe's name and policies. Restore's next step is to build by expanding outside of Lowe's brand.
My thoughts after logging on today…
Some of the reaction has genuinely surprised me. It feels like some people care more about having their own rhetoric publicly affirmed than whether the actual policies have changed.
The reality is that the rhetoric many of us are comfortable with isn’t where the majority of the country is yet. If the objective is to implement policy, not just win arguments on X, then communication has to evolve.
To me, Restore has already won over its core supporters through the substance of its policies. The next challenge is convincing people who aren’t already on board. That means explaining those same policies in language that reaches the average voter, while gradually shifting the social norms that have made sensible conversations on issues like immigration, national identity and multiculturalism so difficult.
Communication has always evolved. Society evolves too. A few years ago, even talking positively about being proudly British was often met with suspicion. Today, that conversation is far more mainstream. That didn’t happen by refusing to adapt how ideas were communicated.
Judge a movement by whether its policies change, not whether every interview uses your preferred wording. If the substance remains the same, then constantly attacking the messaging only makes it harder to build the majority needed to actually deliver those policies.
Politics isn’t about saying what your supporters most want to hear. It’s about persuading enough people to put your policies into government. If the policies stay the same but the communication evolves, that’s not selling out, it’s how you build a majority.
It’s still and always will be to #RestoreBritain 🇬🇧✝️
@AJClintonCarter Lowe is only going to stick around for a few years but he's the only person who can lead Restore right now to become an electorally viable force. The plan is obviously to hand it to Downes eventually after the party structure and support is built. Parties can't just win overnight