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Rupert Lowe Launches Restore Britain, Faces Backlash Over Dunblane Remarks

7/10/2026

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After his suspension from Reform UK, Rupert Lowe launched Restore Britain.
Lowe called the 1996 Dunblane school shooting ‘one murder’ on a Joe Rogan podcast, prompting calls for an apology.
Conservative MSP Stephen Kerr and Mid Scotland & Fife MSP Keith Brown called the remarks insensitive, ignorant and despicable.
Lowe is now challenging the UK ban on most private handguns that resulted from the Snowdrop campaign after Dunblane.

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After his suspension from Reform UK, Rupert Lowe launched Restore Britain.
Lowe called the 1996 Dunblane school shooting ‘one murder’ on a Joe Rogan podcast, prompting calls for an apology.
Conservative MSP Stephen Kerr and Mid Scotland & Fife MSP Keith Brown called the remarks insensitive, ignorant and despicable.
Lowe is now challenging the UK ban on most private handguns that resulted from the Snowdrop campaign after Dunblane.