Rupert Lowe refuses to say if the King is a 'white Briton'
By the definitions used in the report, King Charles would not be considered a white Briton given his father, Prince Phillip, was born in Greece.
Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe has declined to say, when asked, whether he thinks the King is a “white Briton”.
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It comes after Mr Lowe said “white Britons will become a minority by 2063” in a video in which he offered to work with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
Mr Lowe noted that the forecast he referred to defines a white Briton as someone whose parents were both born in the UK.
By the definitions used in the report, King Charles would not be considered a white Briton given his father, Prince Phillip, was born in Greece.
Mr Lowe said: “Well, many people have different interpretations of that, Nick. I mean, we can split hairs.”
“The experience of what we’re talking about is quite clear and I think most British people, if you speak to them, would agree.
“It is a fact that, by 2063, white British people will be a minority on current trends. I don’t think anyone disputes that.”
Mr Lowe had been one of the first ever Reform MPs elected to Westminster in the 2024 general election, when he won in his Great Yarmouth seat.
The former chairman of Southampton FC had previously served alongside Nigel Farage in the Brexit Party in the European Parliament.
However, less than a year after being elected to Westminster, he was reported to police by Reform UK’s then chairman Zia Yusuf over accusations of bullying and threatening behaviour. He was also investigated by the party over bullying claims.
After the CPS said he would face no criminal charges, Mr Lowe said he was “ashamed” to have shared a platform with Reform.
His Restore party has since won seats on Norfolk County Council, and Great Yarmouth Borough Council. It finished third in the Makerfield by-election with 6 per cent of the votes.
It calls for “mass deportations” of illegal migrants, and a referendum on the death penalty.
Yet despite his previous words about Mr Farage, in a video posted on Sunday, Mr Lowe said: “I truly believe there could be sufficient common ground for our two movements to co-operate collectively (to) destroy the looming left-wing alliance that will finish off what hope remains for this country.
“We have recently shown how effectively co-operation can work locally on the Norfolk County Council, so why not at national level?”
Speaking to journalists at an event on Monday alongside Mr Yusuf, Mr Farage said a “sorry would be nice” from Mr Lowe.
He said: “Look, there is this myth that I fell out with Rupert Lowe. It’s not true. Everyone fell out with Rupert Lowe. It was the screaming, the shouting, the threatening, the legal threats, everyone fell out with him.
“If you have to speak to people or make arrangements with people that you’ve previously fallen out with, if there is a greater good to be had from that, then I’m not closing my mind to it. Sorry would be nice, but I would have thought unlikely to be forthcoming.”
However, Mr Farage added: “In broader terms, look, you could see a situation where Restore, without the hope of winning anything outside Great Yarmouth, I mean literally without hope of winning a single seat in the country, could do us great harm.
“I think online you will see a lot of Restore potential voters now beginning to worry about the impact that might have.
“I finalise that by saying if it was the offer of a deal, it came in a very unusual way. I have responded to it potentially, you know, with an open mind, as I would, but I’m certainly not going to be ditching people who I view to be allies and a great asset.”
Mr Lowe later posted on X that Mr Farage was a “liar”, and disputed his version of events – but said the offer was still open to him and Reform UK.