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Restore Britain Activists Join White-Supremacist Summit, 8% Poll

6/14/2026

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Restore Britain activists Callum Barker, Lorcan Barker and Steve Laws attended a white-supremacist summit in Portugal that called for a “white-only Europe” and remigration.
They were photographed canvassing Makerfield as Restore Britain polls at 8 percent for the June 18 by-election, where Labour leads 45 percent and Reform 40 percent.
Rupert Lowe, Charlie Downes, the Electoral Commission and civil-rights groups called the exposure a “hit piece” and demanded answers on party’s activist vetting.

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Restore Britain activists Callum Barker, Lorcan Barker and Steve Laws attended a white-supremacist summit in Portugal that called for a “white-only Europe” and remigration.
They were photographed canvassing Makerfield as Restore Britain polls at 8 percent for the June 18 by-election, where Labour leads 45 percent and Reform 40 percent.
Rupert Lowe, Charlie Downes, the Electoral Commission and civil-rights groups called the exposure a “hit piece” and demanded answers on party’s activist vetting.