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Rupert Lowe's Far-Right Party Challenges Reform UK

2/16/2026

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Rupert Lowe launched his far-right Great Yarmouth First party in Great Yarmouth, advocating mass deportations.
His movement could threaten Nigel Farage's Reform UK as Lowe's support grows.
Activists from across the UK attended the launch, including former Reform member Maria Bowtell.
Bowtell criticized her old party's direction.
Labour's deputy leader Lucy Powell urged Reform UK's candidate Matt Goodwin for the Gorton and Denton byelection to distance himself from racist content.

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Rupert Lowe launched his far-right Great Yarmouth First party in Great Yarmouth, advocating mass deportations.
His movement could threaten Nigel Farage's Reform UK as Lowe's support grows.
Activists from across the UK attended the launch, including former Reform member Maria Bowtell.
Bowtell criticized her old party's direction.
Labour's deputy leader Lucy Powell urged Reform UK's candidate Matt Goodwin for the Gorton and Denton byelection to distance himself from racist content.