Rupert Lowe tweets “Let’s take a look at just some Restore Britain policies, and you tell me if these make us nazi monsters” - then proceeds to list the usual lazy right wing populist tropes.
With Reform having lost the plot (if it ever had it), we need Restore Britain to succeed. You don't hear of sports coaches being censured for criticising their charges - it's that which makes them winners. To turn Lowe into a winner, he should be "encouraged" by every possible means to up his game. We cannot afford him to fail.
How can we expect a golf club bore sounding out Thatcherite slogans to provide a better plot? By all means keep the pressure on Reform to ups its game, but Lowe is hardly setting out a platform for winning an election and running a country that will be fractured and broke?
“You don't hear of sports coaches being censured for criticising their charges”
Sport, football in particular, is quite clearly not your thing.
>>> Brian Clough (Leeds United, 1974)
The Criticism: Upon taking over at Leeds (following the successful Don Revie era), Clough immediately told his players to "throw their medals in the bin" because they "were not won fairly".
The Outcome: The players immediately turned against him. He lasted only 44 days in one of the most famous examples of a manager losing the dressing room instantly.
>>> Antonio Conte (Tottenham Hotspur, 2023)
Following a 3-3 draw against bottom-placed Southampton in March 2023, where Spurs blew a 3-1 lead, Conte launched an extraordinary, explosive rant.
The Criticism: He called his players "selfish" stated they "don't want to help each other" and accused them of not playing under pressure.
The Outcome: The comments were deemed "not fine" by chairman Daniel Levy, making the situation untenable. Conte left the club shortly after.
>>> José Mourinho (Manchester United, 2018)
Throughout his tenure at Manchester United, Mourinho frequently targeted players, most notably Luke Shaw and Paul Pogba.
The Criticism: After a 2017 game against Everton, he said of Shaw "it was his body, my brain". He also often questioned the commitment of the team publicly.
The Outcome: The toxic atmosphere, poor results, and loss of player trust culminated in his sacking in December 2018.
>>> Ruben Amorim (Manchester United, 2026)
In January 2026, after only 14 months in the job, Amorim was dismissed shortly after making public criticisms of his players and the club's recruitment strategy.
The Criticism: Following a turbulent weekend including a draw with Leeds, he expressed frustration with the team's performance and the club's transfer policy.
The Outcome: His "emotional and inconsistent behaviour" led to his immediate dismissal.
>>> Scott Parker (Bournemouth, 2022)
The Criticism: After a 9-0 loss to Liverpool in August 2022, Parker publicly stated his team was "ill-equipped at this level" and claimed he was "not surprised" by the result.
The Outcome: The club owner Maxim Demin sacked him just days later, citing a need for "alignment and respect".
There are also plenty of examples from cricket, rugby union and tennis.
Sorry, but I disagree. Farage is a very experienced politician and he is realist. He only promises what he can achieve. Rupert, on the other hand, is a fantasist. He just throws slogans around and promises everything.
I would like to hope Reformers probably know this and may be thinking more seriously, even learning from experience in local government and their new recruits with lessons of failure in national government. Also Farage is a canny political and will tack between what sounds good and what is achievable, at least politically. It is not as if we have much choice anyway, compared to the red green and yellow terror that otherwise awaits.
I think 'the game' is way too far gone, sadly. Rupert may mean well, only he knows if he does - but anyone promising 'a government that will solve all your problems and tackle your pet hates' is either naive or clearly not to be trusted. Either way...avoid.
Much as she was ridiculed Liz Truss's point about 'the blob' was a sound one - but it went way beyond anything Truss was saying. The blob is the civil service, judiciary, senior police, some of parliament, basically the whole of academia, climate change lobby, the intelligence services and the plethora of 'fake activist groups' that have been either set up or infiltrated to cause trouble at public expense (Hope Not Hate anyone?).
Hell even parts of the alleged 'private' sector have been infiltrated and captured.
Quite how we remove them and start again I don't know. But until I hear somebody identifying this parasite class of people and at least threatening to try and deal with it we'll be playing wheel of slop for a good few years yet. Thanks for the content as ever.
All I can hope is that this is just a starter for ten and given it currently would appear extremely unlikely that Restore Britain will get anywhere at the next election there is more to come in the future.
Forlorn hope maybe but these are still very early days as I don't think his party is yet even registered.
With Reform having lost the plot (if it ever had it), we need Restore Britain to succeed. You don't hear of sports coaches being censured for criticising their charges - it's that which makes them winners. To turn Lowe into a winner, he should be "encouraged" by every possible means to up his game. We cannot afford him to fail.
How can we expect a golf club bore sounding out Thatcherite slogans to provide a better plot? By all means keep the pressure on Reform to ups its game, but Lowe is hardly setting out a platform for winning an election and running a country that will be fractured and broke?
“You don't hear of sports coaches being censured for criticising their charges”
Sport, football in particular, is quite clearly not your thing.
>>> Brian Clough (Leeds United, 1974)
The Criticism: Upon taking over at Leeds (following the successful Don Revie era), Clough immediately told his players to "throw their medals in the bin" because they "were not won fairly".
The Outcome: The players immediately turned against him. He lasted only 44 days in one of the most famous examples of a manager losing the dressing room instantly.
>>> Antonio Conte (Tottenham Hotspur, 2023)
Following a 3-3 draw against bottom-placed Southampton in March 2023, where Spurs blew a 3-1 lead, Conte launched an extraordinary, explosive rant.
The Criticism: He called his players "selfish" stated they "don't want to help each other" and accused them of not playing under pressure.
The Outcome: The comments were deemed "not fine" by chairman Daniel Levy, making the situation untenable. Conte left the club shortly after.
>>> José Mourinho (Manchester United, 2018)
Throughout his tenure at Manchester United, Mourinho frequently targeted players, most notably Luke Shaw and Paul Pogba.
The Criticism: After a 2017 game against Everton, he said of Shaw "it was his body, my brain". He also often questioned the commitment of the team publicly.
The Outcome: The toxic atmosphere, poor results, and loss of player trust culminated in his sacking in December 2018.
>>> Ruben Amorim (Manchester United, 2026)
In January 2026, after only 14 months in the job, Amorim was dismissed shortly after making public criticisms of his players and the club's recruitment strategy.
The Criticism: Following a turbulent weekend including a draw with Leeds, he expressed frustration with the team's performance and the club's transfer policy.
The Outcome: His "emotional and inconsistent behaviour" led to his immediate dismissal.
>>> Scott Parker (Bournemouth, 2022)
The Criticism: After a 9-0 loss to Liverpool in August 2022, Parker publicly stated his team was "ill-equipped at this level" and claimed he was "not surprised" by the result.
The Outcome: The club owner Maxim Demin sacked him just days later, citing a need for "alignment and respect".
There are also plenty of examples from cricket, rugby union and tennis.
Thank you. As I said before, Rupert is not a clever man and he speaks in slogans for attention.
Same is true of Reform though. Same detail-free slop on their own website.
Sorry, but I disagree. Farage is a very experienced politician and he is realist. He only promises what he can achieve. Rupert, on the other hand, is a fantasist. He just throws slogans around and promises everything.
I would like to hope Reformers probably know this and may be thinking more seriously, even learning from experience in local government and their new recruits with lessons of failure in national government. Also Farage is a canny political and will tack between what sounds good and what is achievable, at least politically. It is not as if we have much choice anyway, compared to the red green and yellow terror that otherwise awaits.
Lots of ‘slop’ accusations flying around social media these days.
I think 'the game' is way too far gone, sadly. Rupert may mean well, only he knows if he does - but anyone promising 'a government that will solve all your problems and tackle your pet hates' is either naive or clearly not to be trusted. Either way...avoid.
Much as she was ridiculed Liz Truss's point about 'the blob' was a sound one - but it went way beyond anything Truss was saying. The blob is the civil service, judiciary, senior police, some of parliament, basically the whole of academia, climate change lobby, the intelligence services and the plethora of 'fake activist groups' that have been either set up or infiltrated to cause trouble at public expense (Hope Not Hate anyone?).
Hell even parts of the alleged 'private' sector have been infiltrated and captured.
Quite how we remove them and start again I don't know. But until I hear somebody identifying this parasite class of people and at least threatening to try and deal with it we'll be playing wheel of slop for a good few years yet. Thanks for the content as ever.
The halal policy is fine. This is just more carping slop on your part.
You want specifics? Rupert Lowe is specifically more trustworthy than Farage and the other lying Tories that now make his party.
All I can hope is that this is just a starter for ten and given it currently would appear extremely unlikely that Restore Britain will get anywhere at the next election there is more to come in the future.
Forlorn hope maybe but these are still very early days as I don't think his party is yet even registered.
Any party wanting to dismantle the previous 25+ years of Parliamentary rules will be painting with a broad stroke.
Anything else is bogging your intentions down in rules and regulations to be snapped at incessantly.
Look at the current governments policy on the Chegos Islands.
Probably illegal nevertheless government policy .
How can the government do this.
First, have a compliant MSM.
Second, have a compliant judiciary.
Third, have a compliant parliament.
Easy, if you know how and you moral scruples don’t exist.
Yes, well crafted bullet points, or paragraphs, are fine for this stage in the electoral cycle.
Great point well articulated!