Just going to nip this in the bud.
I’ve been a political activist since I was 21 for one reason: to save Britain, and make it a safe and prosperous country for my children and grandchildren to inherit. Anyone who has followed me over the years will know that my opinions on everything from British identity and demographics to economics and foreign policy have remained consistent over that time.
Before we launched Restore Britain, there were very few vehicles available for advancing this radical agenda. Like it or not, politics is about organisation, and there is very little that an individual can achieve on his own.
One option was Reform UK, for whom I had already worked between 2022 and 2024. In March 2025, shortly after the leadership attempted to politically assassinate Rupert Lowe, they offered me another job. I turned it down because I thought their treatment of him was despicable and I did not - and still don’t - trust them.
Another was the Conservative Party, which was in something of a tailspin after the election of Kemi Badenoch as leader. I despised - and still despise - the Tories for their 14 years of betrayal and did not trust them either.
But I applied to work for Robert Jenrick in late 2024 because he had privately supported my work and his faction of the Conservative Party appeared to me to have potential as a vehicle for the kind of ideas I believe in. I didn’t even get to the interview stage - and what does it say that he has now leaked that information to the press in an attempt to discredit me?
This is politics. It’s about working with the materials available to you. I could very easily have shut up, kissed ass, and grifted, but I did not do that because I don’t care about money or status. I am only in this line of work because I feel it is my duty to do what I can for my country. My conscience is untroubled by my attempts to advance the ideas I believe in over the last few years.
Thankfully, we now have a party which is not the least-worst option or merely a convenient vehicle for our ideas. Restore Britain is a party we can positively believe in. It stands for something real, and it is led by people who mean what they say. Rupert Lowe is the man who can save this country, and it is our job to make him Prime Minister.
Charlie Downes applied to work for Robert Jenrick when he was a Tory by the way