Reform UK and Restore Britain trade insults in bitter Makerfield byelection campaign
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Matthew Weaver
2d ago· 7 min readenNews
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Summary
A detailed account of the heated and insult-laden buildup to the Makerfield byelection, focusing on the bitter rivalry between Reform UK and the even more rightwing Restore Britain party. Spurred on by Elon Musk, the two populist right parties spent a week trading personal attacks, disputing polling data, and accusing each other of various misdeeds, while largely ignoring the actual Labour candidate and the broader election context.
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· 3 pulledThis is so pathetic
Spurred on by Elon Musk, the two rightwing parties spent the week taking potshots at each other
The populist right turned on each other
Spurred on by Elon Musk, the two rightwing parties spent the week taking potshots at each other. We look back at who hurled which insult at whom
