Jacob Atkinson

Oh well, it begins. Here comes decades of hellish liveries

Having seen the Restore Britain candidate in the Makerfield by-election, I have somewhat downgraded my assessment of how well things will go. I think that fielding these "real local people" types is a mistake. Don't listen to what people say they want, voters/consumers are liars and will say they want one thing and then buy a totally different thing. Restore will not win with a bunch of local yokels. They need a slick, efficient political operation with media training and focus groups and data scientists and all the standard political campaigning stuff that has been proven to work. Restore has a very popular message. Selling remigration in Britain in 2026 is like selling iced water in the middle of the Sahara Desert. But that's no excuse for deviating from optimal political and marketing techniques. No offence to the candidate, she seems like an amazing person, but she doesn't have a the slick vibe of a politician and that is probably going to be very bad

Oh well, it begins. Here comes decades of hellish liveries

Wow, look at that. Another "Far Right" conspiracy theory that the government now acknowledges, years after imported criminal networks are entrenched and completely preventable crimes have been committed. If you want to spot the "dodgy shops", here's a hint: they're new, have neon signs and no customers, and are staffed by bored Pashtuns. Just like Nayib Bukele identifying MS-13 members using face tattoos, you can eyeball it and hit a money laundering front for drugs and people smuggling every time.

Having seen the Restore Britain candidate in the Makerfield by-election, I have somewhat downgraded my assessment of how well things will go. I think that fielding these "real local people" types is a mistake. Don't listen to what people say they want, voters/consumers are liars and will say they want one thing and then buy a totally different thing. Restore will not win with a bunch of local yokels. They need a slick, efficient political operation with media training and focus groups and data scientists and all the standard political campaigning stuff that has been proven to work. Restore has a very popular message. Selling remigration in Britain in 2026 is like selling iced water in the middle of the Sahara Desert. But that's no excuse for deviating from optimal political and marketing techniques. No offence to the candidate, she seems like an amazing person, but she doesn't have a the slick vibe of a politician and that is probably going to be very bad

"What do you think no politicians meant" Forgive me, I thought it meant accomplished businessmen (Lowe) and not chocolate fountains "politicians lie too much" werking-class mums

Restore Britain is unlocking something in the British public. There's a passion there I don't think I've ever seen before for a political party and its leader. He voted Reform recently as it was the only option, but he knew they didn't really represent him. He knows Rupert Lowe and Restore Britain do. Big things happening.

OK, having seen the Restore candidate - Restore will likely get an Advance-level vote count. This is bad. Reform must present the best candidate they can. It's not an easy ask because their bench is terrifyingly thin. David Bull would be less than ideal IMO.

🚨BREAKING: DAVID BULL REPLACED BY LEE ANDERSON AS REFORM UK CHAIRMAN This is the 4th chairman they've had since the General Election I'm sure we'll find out what David did to upset Farage or Zia soon enough

"Nigel Farage and the architects of Brexit have had a free pass - Labour should have been more aggressive and consistent in pointing out the lies." As campaigning kicks off for the Makerfield by-election, will voters be ‘bewildered’ to hear Brexit back in the debate?

I’ve seen some amateur interviews before, but that was like watching someone being interviewed on their doorstep about the local chippy closing down. If this is the standard of candidate selection, they are not serious. Vote Reform.

The boundaries between online and offline are collapsing in real time. Nearly everyone in the country (95%) has a smartphone and access to social media. Newspaper circulation and BBC viewership has been reflecting this for years. People are radicalising in real time as they can see all of the things the MSM refuse to report. Social media is the propaganda tool of the 21st century. If you neglect it, it doesn’t matter how good your ground troops are, you will lose the air war. Most of the propaganda is currently AI slop, which has one-shotted the boomers and brought more of them over to our side, but the biggest weapon in our arsenal is the editing community who create Restore Britain propaganda. They might be using AI to assist but they put in the hours to find source material, and they do it all for the love of the country.