Dave Horton

I am delighted to officially become Restore Britain's first Member of Parliament. I intend to be one of hundreds at the next general election.

Goodwin has some nerve to lecture us about being "detached from political reality" when this is what he was doing last month. If this is your idea of a serious, credible politics appropriate for the existential crisis Britain finds itself in, I'm glad you don't approve of us. And listen to the line of attack - it's not that we're wrong, but that we are "wrecking our political careers" and "losing all relevance" by speaking frankly about the measures necessary to save our country while refusing to take part in the all-singing, all-dancing Nigel Farage Show. Here's the difference between Reform and Restore: We aren't interested in making peace with the political establishment for the sake of our "careers". We don't measure our success by our "relevance" in Westminster drinking circles. We won’t talk endlessly about Britain’s problems - and make good money doing so - only to call our supporters racist when they suggest solutions. We are offering the British people the opportunity to save Britain democratically. Whether they want it is up to them, but we're not going to lie to them about what's at stake for the sake of votes. The British people are not stupid. They do not need to be spoken to like children. And they are tired of Westminster types like you doing exactly that.