Rupert Lowe: ‘I Have No Problem With a Multicultural Society.’

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Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe has endorsed multiculturalism, causing division within his party.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Rupert Lowe, leader of the Elon Musk-backed Restore Britain party, has said he has “no problem” with multiculturalism, shocking supporters who believed he was significantly further to the right on immigration issues.💬 KEY QUOTE: “I mean, [King Charles III is] certainly, uh, very keen to, uh, propagate a multicultural society, which again I have no problem with if people integrate, uh, and they accept the prevailing laws and culture of the people they come and live amongst.” – Rupert Lowe🎯 IMPACT: Lowe made the comments to Iranian-American podcaster Patrick Bet-David in an episode of the latter’s show published earlier this week. They have caused a rift within Lowe’s party, which relies in large part on ethnonationalists for its limited support. There was already tension within the party following comments Lowe made during an interview with Bret Weinstein on Sunday, with the 69-year-old saying, “I detest far-right, sort of, you know, ethnonationalist or neo-Nazism.”📰 DETAIL: The Restore Britain party, backed by Elon Musk, was formed after Lowe split from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party amid accusations of workplace bullying by two female staffers. Musk and Lowe have sought to position Reform as being to the right of Reform on immigration since then. However, Farage is more robust on multiculturalism than Lowe, stating in 2015, “We have to admit to ourselves that mass migration and multiculturalism have been a failure.” The Reform leader has been consistent on this over many years, making similar comments in 2011, 2017, and 2022, for instance.

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