Right, now that Restoreβs action day, weekend, or whatever it was supposed to be has wound down, hereβs my takeaway:
1. The image showing thousands of supporters in front of Lowe standing on the back of a pickup. Even if it wasnβt AI-altered, it was certainly manipulated through angles, editing, or presentation to make the crowd look much larger than it was. Iβd say 500-600 people, maximum. Thatβs still a decent turnout, but claims of well over a thousand are nonsense.
2. Iβm seeing more and more accounts on here that were previously backing Restore now apparently swinging back towards Reform.
3.
@benhabib6 can call people whatever he likes, but he truly is deplorable. He launches Advance UK, begs Rupert to merge with it, gets rejected, then shuts the party down while keeping membersβ subscriptions. He backs Rupert, says heβll be campaigning on Saturday, then doesnβt even show up. At this point, he may as well delete his account and pretend none of it ever happened.
4. When it comes to polling day, once the reality of potentially helping Andy Burnham secure victory starts to sink in, I suspect many of those currently pushing Restoreβs rhetoric will find themselves putting their cross next to
@reformparty_uk.
5. The projections being touted for Restore in Makerfield are, in my view, generous. Very generous. I donβt think theyβll get anywhere near the numbers some people are claiming. Iβd be surprised if they reached 5%.
6.
@RupertLowe10 has nuked what the majority of his fan base expect of him, according to the interview yesterday.