Part of my watchman on the wall remit is to look at the UK political scene and comment. What I see is overwhelmingly depressing (in a human sense) but there are causes for hope.

I begin with the negatives, a lot of which I have already touched on in my blogs. Going back to the 2024 General Election, Labour won by a landslide, despite polling a lot less of the votes than the Conservatives did in 2019, which they won by a landslide, when the main issue was “get Brexit done”. Likely, few would disagree that following their 2019 victory the Conservatives had lost the plot and needed to go. Labour was able to win partly out of widescale dissatisfaction with the Conservatives and a first past the post the system enabling Labour to get in. Whilst the Conservatives polled very badly in 2024, the LibDems and Greens did a lot better, followed by the emergence of the Reform Party, setting their sights on the 2029 General Election. Many since 2024 have been very disappointed with Labour, far more than they had expected, but who could continue by virtue of their large majority. The Greens have continued their rise, helped by disillusioned Labour voters joining them, and to some extent so have Reform. The Conservatives under a new leader, along with Greens and LibDems (all failing to address issues that matter) have failed to impress me. As for Reform under Farage, while I had hoped for better, they too have failed to deliver. My reservations expressed one year ago in: “Nigel Farage and the future of Reform UK” (see here) have only deepened.

Not long after the 2024 General Election, there was the emergence of a movement called Restore Britain and political party (with close ties) called Advance UK. I wrote about both at the time (positively and as with many – hopefully) in my blog titled: “Advance UK, Restore Britain and observations of the UK political scene” (see here). According to AI: “Rupert Lowe launched Restore Britain (not Restore UK) as a political party on February 13, 2026, at the Britannia Pier Theatre. Initially, it was launched as a movement on June 30, 2025, with the goal of advocating for direct democracy and fundamental reforms to governance. Ben Habib launched Advance UK as a political party on June 30, 2025. The party was officially registered with the Electoral Commission on December 4, 2025”. The big news from less than two days ago is the announcement by Rupert Lowe of his new party: “Restore Britain”. I have been helped in my endeavour to come to a view about this new party by checking out what a respected Christian minister had to say: “Rupert Lowe Launches Restore Britain as a Political Party” (see here) and listening to the man himself “Rupert Lowe – Restore Britain Launch Speech” (see here).

There is a great deal in the recent Lowe announcement that I found encouraging, especially given that ALL of the main parties I find, in the main, depressing. I hate the terms “Left” and “Right” and the attempts by the Cabal to divide us in Left verses Right terms (a subject for another time) but let’s say my political inclinations are Right leaning. I have already said I am not favourably disposed to Conservative and Reform, and while two other “on the Right” parties (UKIP and Heritage) come up with policies etc. I agree with, I can’t see them being serious contenders when the next General Election is called. That leaves Restore and Advance. Their respective leaders (Rupert Lowe – Restore, Ben Habib – Advance) have impressed me by addressing issues I care about that these others miss, such as: immigration, Islam, two tier justice, the Deep State, accountability, financial mismanagement and perhaps most importantly a call for the UK to return to its Christian roots. While I don’t look to leaders as a way out of our current national malaise but, unlike with the current lot (Starmer – Labour, Badenoch – Conservative, Davey – LibDem, Polanski – Green, Farage – Reform), Lowe and Habib show promise the others don’t! Lowe has particularly impressed me in his MP capacity and in the launching of his own rape gang enquiry (something the others have avoided). I hope too he will address other issues that are missed, e.g. the Covid scamdemic!

But there are reservations, starting with his immigration and Islam rhetoric, more likely to attract the rabid right and alienate the woke left, especially those concerned over social justice issues and societal inequalities (which doesn’t bode well if the aim is to unite the country). And why did he suddenly announce his decision without consulting his ally (so I am led to believe) Ben Habib, a keen supporter, something confirmed in this: “Ben Habib’s exclusive reaction to Rupert Lowe’s new party” (see here) interview? Does this suggest a character flaw that ought to be of concern? As for splitting the vote on the Right and allowing the loony Left in with their craziness, that sadly is a real possibility but just as sadly are the two “Right” front runners, Reform and Conservative, who have let us down big time. We desperately need the right sort of change.

These are still early days and I live in hope that, with the daily revelations of corruption on the part of the Labour leader and inside his own party, monumental happenings on the world stage, people waking up to the fact the current political system is broken, the country has lost its way and needs to find it again and what is taking place in the “Quiet Revival”, something will give and we will end up with a righteous as opposed to unrighteous government. But our hope must be in the Lord; not in any individual or party and for those who believe to call upon Him to revive our nation:

APPENDIX: Outcomes of previous two British General Elections

The last UK General Election took place on July 4, 2024.

Here’s a breakdown of the outcome:

Seats Won:

– Labour Party: 411 seats

– Conservative Party: 121 seats

– Liberal Democrats: 72 seats

– Scottish National Party (SNP): 9 seats

– Green Party: 4 seats

– Reform UK: 5 seats

– Sinn Féin: 7 seats

– Plaid Cymru: 4 seats

– Democratic Unionist Party (DUP): 5 seats

– Others: 6 seats

Votes Cast:

– Labour Party: 9,708,716 votes (33.7% of total votes)

– Conservative Party: 6,828,925 votes (23.7% of total votes)

– Reform UK: 4,117,610 votes (14.29% of total votes)

– Liberal Democrats: 3,519,143 votes (12.22% of total votes)

– Green Party: 1,841,888 votes (6.39% of total votes)

– Scottish National Party (SNP): 724,758 votes (2.52% of total votes)

– Sinn Féin: 210,891 votes (0.73% of total votes)

The General Election before 2024 was held on December 12, 2019.

Here’s the outcome:

Seat Won:

– Conservative Party: 365 seats

– Labour Party: 202 seats

– Liberal Democrats: 11 seats

– Scottish National Party (SNP): 48 seats

– Plaid Cymru: 4 seats

– Green Party: 1 seat

– Sinn Féin: 7 seats

– Democratic Unionist Party (DUP): 8 seats

– Others: 2 seats

Votes Cast:

– Conservative Party: 43.6% (13,966,454 votes)

– Labour Party: 32.1% (10,269,051 votes)

– Liberal Democrats: 11.6% (3,696,423 votes)

– Scottish National Party (SNP): 3.9% (1,242,380 votes)

– Plaid Cymru: 0.5% (153,265 votes)

– Green Party: 2.7% (865,715 votes)

– Sinn Féin: 0.4% (181,853 votes)

– Democratic Unionist Party (DUP): 0.8% (244,127 votes)

– Others: 4.4% (1,411,911 votes)