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WATCH: Rupert Lowe does NOT rule out joining Conservative Party
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May 18, 2025
Ex-Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has not ruled out joining the Conservative Party, suggesting that a reformed Tory Party could be "the most powerful vehicle right now" in British politics.Lowe, who was elected as a Reform UK MP in last year's General Election, was suspended by the populist party amid claims of threats towards Zia Yusuf and allegations of workplace bullying in his office made by two female employees.READ THE FULL STORY HERE
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So how are you going to get ahead of the game
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What are you going to do next? Are you going to start your own new party? Well, I told you, Camilla, when we spoke last Thursday
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that a reformed Conservative Party would be probably the most powerful vehicle to do that
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So you'd like to join the Tories if they get their act together? Hang on, you all love jumping in before I finish
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No, so I said... But the problem is, and I did say this to you last week
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that the Tory party is dysfunctional at the moment. It's got too many Lib Dem MPs
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which is a legacy of David Cameron's selection processes, which were based on quotas, not on merit
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And people shouldn't be in the House of Commons on anything other than merit
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Any other driver is not right. So the Tory party has a lot of reforming to do
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And the question is, can they do that? and you asked me what I'm going to do
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Literally, I was under police investigation until last Wednesday. As you know, I heard the news that the case had been dropped
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which I always thought it would be because I didn't do anything. But you never know in Britain
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Now there are probably a lot of innocent people languishing in prison and I intend to sue that
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But no, so one other option is I set up my own party
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I mean, another option would be to rejoin reform. But number one, you don't win anything with bad people
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And from what Nigel has said, from what Tice has said, from what virtually all the commentators have said
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they wouldn't welcome you back anyway. So, look, I've got a clean sheet of paper, Camilla
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and I'm going to work out what I do. We haven't got much time
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And it incredibly important that a lot of thought goes into what happens next But put it this way I more intent than ever on delivering the change that I think is necessary if we are to restore Britain to the kind of place which I used to love And
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I think when it's functioning properly, like it was when I was growing up, it's the best place in
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the world to live. Can I just confirm on the whole kind of reformed Tory offering? Have they
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approached you? Have you approached them? Has any discussions taken place between you and other senior Tories
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No, no, no. But I mean, I see them all in Parliament. I was there on Friday. We were all voting on the
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assisted dying bill, or some amendments to the assisted dying bill. So I see them, you know, I get
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on with them. You're in a very, very unhealthy, sort of overcrowded place
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And of course you bump into each other, and of course you talk to each other. And I, as I've said, there are some
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very able young Tories. And there's, I think, some light within their camp. But I think there's a lot
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of what I call brambles and overgrowth that's stopping that light coming through and showing
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what needs to be done. And until they can change that, Camilla, I don't think the Tories are able
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to be as powerful as they should be in delivering the kind of metamorphosis that Maggie Thatcher
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did in 79, after we'd had to witness trade unions having beer and sandwiches in number
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10 for about 10 years. Yes. And at the same time, making Britain a laughingstock in the world
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How about Ben Habib? Have you had any conversations with him? Or indeed, there are quite a few people who have fallen out with Nigel Farage over the
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years, Stephen Wolfe, Catherine Blakelock, Robert Kilroy-Silk and others. Yes, some able people
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Have you felt like you might want to band together? Band together with some of these people
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Some able people, Camilla
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