This says what we believe here at Restore Britain Lambeth & Southwark: for a party barely 4 mths old to poll 3rd in one of the most important by-elections in modern history is nothing short of remarkable.
Well done to our members and all who travelled to Makerfield. Rest up now!
Restore Britain is a brand-new political party, officially registered just four months ago in February 2026. Incredibly, in its very first by-election it secured nearly 7% of the vote with almost no resources and zero mainstream media support - relying solely on social media, particularly X.
To put this into perspective:
Labour Party: 126 years old (founded 1900)
Conservative Party: 192 years old (founded 1834)
Green Party (England & Wales): 53 years old (founded 1973)
Liberal Democrats: 38 years old (founded 1988)
Reform UK: 7 years and 7 months old (founded November 2018)
Restore Britain: Just 4 months old (founded February 2026)
Despite facing months of relentless smears, hit pieces (Daily Mail), “extremist” slurs (Telegraph), BBC sneering, and attacks from Reform UK, high-profile Tories, and Nigel Farage, the party is still growing rapidly.
@RosieSumner257@2mmKevin@GoodwinMJ I was in Sainsburys buying flowers for my wife when the Daily Mail headline screamed at me: 'Neo-Nazis!' I smiled to myself. The hilarity of it all.
Then I went home, put the flowers on the pillow, wrote a card and waited for my better-half to negotiate the train chaos home.
Johnny Lydon, London boy (Finsbury Park) and founder of punk legends, The Sex Pistols and P.I.L, still saying it as it is, no matter what. A Restorer perchance?
#sexpistols#johnnylydon
“I never thought I’d live to see the day when the right wing would become the cool ones giving the middle finger to the establishment, and the left wing becoming the snivelling self-righteous twats, going around shaming everyone.”
- John Lydon, The Sex Pistols