Politics
Restore Britain just waded into anti-Semitism
The mainstream media are choosing to ignore blatant anti-semitism and Islamophobia from Rupert Lowe‘s new racist party, Restore Britain.
Hey I wonder if this party unambiguous believing that Jewish people can’t be British will receive much press attention. pic.twitter.com/j4dB7YuP2f
— linkshund (@linkshund) February 17, 2026
During an interview with Talk TV, Charlie Downes, campaigns director and spokesperson for Restore Britain, stated that Reform UK do not have a clear picture of who the British people are.
Then, in a follow-up post on X, Downes stated:
Restore Britain believe that Britain is a people defined by indigenous British ancestry and Christian faith.
Essentially, Restore Britain has shown itself to be anti-anything that isn’t white Christian.
You’ve never clearly explained what British is
You say ethnicity, then waver into some cultural ties, then go to the way of life, then dip into religion, and end up with Christianity
Excuse me, Celtic Britons were there before. How do you dismiss that blood line?#RestoreGate https://t.co/QawK1tbNXw
— JustCallMeMum 🎗️🩵 (@bigfanofmykids) February 17, 2026
I guess I should hand in my passport then, since I don’t own a Bible.
So less than half of white British are actually British because they’re not Christian. Good luck deporting 30 million Anglo Saxons, Charlie. pic.twitter.com/wh4b2kkgnx
— Donna Rachel 🕊️ (@Donna_Rachel_) February 16, 2026
But surely, anyone with “indigenous British ancestry and Christian faith” includes half of the US? Along with half of Australia, New Zealand, and Canada? Not to mention India, parts of the Caribbean, and all the other countries the British Empire spread the ‘civilising’ message of Christianity.
It also rules out the English:
That rules out the English, who were pagan boat migrants. pic.twitter.com/mwBaL3j84a
— Mongrel Noflags, the Irish fella (@Mongrelbite) December 23, 2025
Restore Britain and anti-semitism
At a time when the mainstream media likes to cry wolf and shout anti-semitism whenever anyone criticises Israel, it appears extremely lopsided that Restore can now spout this bullshit live on National TV and not be called out for it. He is literally saying Jewish people cannot be British:
So Jews can’t be British either? What about atheists? What about pagans or druids? They’ve been here longer than Christians?
— John McHugh – are ANTIFA in the room with you now? (@JohnMcHugh1878) February 17, 2026
Or is it only antisemitism if you’re left-wing?
Yeah see this is the kind of opinion that will be ignored entirely because it’s not coming from the left.
— linkshund (@linkshund) February 17, 2026
When asked on a separate X post, Charlie confirmed that he didn’t mean Judeo-Christian.
No. The concept of “Judeo-Christian values” is incoherent.https://t.co/GfwfRD59k8
— Charlie Downes (@cfdownes_) December 23, 2025
The UK’s billionaire-owned corporate media (along with our politicians!) has a long history of weaponising the accusation of antisemitism, especially in the context of taking down Jeremy Corbyn.
But now, Restore has made it clear that its idea of Britishness excludes Judeo-Christians. In other words, Charlie Downes is basically confirming the party’s anti-Jewish stance. Basically, far-right grifters like Rupert Lowe want the UK to be a white supremacist ethnostate.
The mainstream media should be calling out right-wingers when they show their utterly racist colours, instead of letting it go unchallenged.
Ultimately, anti-semitism is only news for the billionaire press when it’s in fact, not anti-semitism at all – but anti-Zionism challenging colonial power.