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“we led the way in proposing to scrap the unaffordable triple lock and replace it with an annual pension increase linked to the consumer price index.”
Claim checkedRestore Britain's economic paper 'The Wealth of Our Nation' proposed replacing the state pension triple lock with annual increases linked to CPI, before other UK parties proposed scrapping the triple lock.
GB News reported on 5 August 2026 that Restore Britain's economic paper pledged to end the state pension triple lock and uprate the pension by CPI instead, with savings it put at £2bn-£3.5bn a year. That came before Prime Minister Andy Burnham's late-September 2026 plan to change the triple lock from 2030 (to inflation or 2.5%), while the Conservatives and Reform UK restated support for keeping it. Calling the triple lock 'unaffordable' is an opinion and was not rated.
Claim checkedUK public spending as a share of GDP has risen in recent years (2025/26 compared with before the pandemic).
Using OBR data, the House of Lords Library puts total public spending in 2025/26 at £1,360bn, or 44.3% of GDP. That is about 5 percentage points above the 2019/20 pre-pandemic level, and the OBR expects it to stay around that level to 2030/31.
Claim checkedThe UK tax burden has risen in recent years, reaching its highest share of GDP in decades by 2025/26.
The House of Lords Library, citing the OBR, says the tax take in 2025/26 was at its highest share of GDP since the early 1950s, up from 32.9% of GDP in 2019/20. The OBR forecasts a record 38.5% of GDP by 2030/31, driven by frozen thresholds and the 2024 rise in employer National Insurance.
Claim checkedUK public sector debt has grown over recent years, to almost £3 trillion by 2026.
The ONS says public sector net debt stayed just below £3 trillion at the end of August 2026 (about 94% of GDP), and the Lords Library says debt has nearly tripled as a share of GDP since before the 2008 financial crisis. One qualifier: as a share of GDP, debt was 1.3 points lower than a year earlier.
Claim checkedUK consumer price inflation has risen sharply in recent years, up to October 2026.
CPI inflation did rise steeply, to 11.1% in October 2022, a 41-year high. It then fell back to 1.7% in September 2024 and was 3.1% in August 2026, close to the speech. The rise is real, but 'has soared' does not describe the rate at the time of the speech, which was modest by comparison.
“the experience of ordinary Brits using public services has become so much worse.”
Claim checkedPublic services in the UK, such as the NHS, have become much worse for users in recent years.
The British Social Attitudes survey found satisfaction with how the NHS runs fell from 60% in 2019 to about 20% in 2024, and only 22% were satisfied with A&E in 2025, so the NHS measure points to a large decline. But satisfaction rose to 26% in 2025, the first rise since 2019. 'Public services' as a whole is broader than any single measure.
“from roughly 45% of GDP towards the approximately 33% level inherited from the wretched Tony Blair in 1997.”
Claim checkedUK public spending is now roughly 45% of GDP, and it was about 33% of GDP when Tony Blair's government took office in 1997.
The current figure is about right: public spending was 44.3% of GDP in 2025/26 (OBR, via the Lords Library). The 1997 figure is not: the IFS found Labour inherited spending of 40.6% of national income in 1996-97, which fell to a low of 37.4% in 1999-2000. Since the Second World War it has never been below 35.9%, so about 33% does not match the 1997 level (later revisions to GDP shift these figures only slightly).
“They pay enormous rent, record taxes, outrageous house prices, and ludicrous child care costs.”
Claim checkedYoung people in Britain face very high rents, record taxes, very high house prices and very high childcare costs.
Average UK private rent reached £1,400 a month in August 2026, up 3.8% on a year earlier (ONS), and the average home in England cost 7.6 times median full-time earnings in 2025, though affordability has improved since its 2021 peak. The tax take in 2025/26 was the highest since the early 1950s, but not yet a record (a record is forecast for later this decade). 'Enormous', 'outrageous' and 'ludicrous' are opinions, and childcare costs were not measured here.
“Restore Britain has published the most comprehensive removal plan ever produced in Britain.”
Claim checkedRestore Britain's published mass-deportation paper is the most comprehensive plan for removing people that has ever been produced in Britain.
Restore Britain did publish a 105-page paper, 'Mass Deportations: Legitimacy, Legality, and Logistics' (reported by the New Statesman in October 2025). Whether it is 'the most comprehensive removal plan ever produced in Britain' is a comparative judgement with no objective measure, so it cannot be settled from official or independent sources.
“The main immigration crisis lands in our country not at Dover, but at Gatwick, Heathrow, and Stansted.”
Claim checkedMost immigration to the UK arrives through legal routes such as airports, not by small boat across the Channel to Dover.
ONS provisionally estimates 813,000 long-term immigrants to the UK in the year ending December 2025. Home Office figures show 46,497 detected arrivals via illegal routes in the same year, of which small boats were 89% (about 41,000), so small boat arrivals were around 5% of total immigration. Most immigration comes through legal routes. Official statistics do not break immigration down by airport, so the naming of Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted is a figure of speech and was not measured.
“Our counselors in Norfolk, just 2 weeks ago, passed a motion to scrap all foreign language translation services in Norfolk.”
Claim checkedAbout two weeks before 3 October 2026, Restore Britain-affiliated councillors on Norfolk County Council passed a motion to scrap all foreign language translation services in Norfolk.
At a meeting on Tuesday 22 September 2026, about 11 days before the speech, Norfolk County Council passed a motion from the Great Yarmouth First group (affiliated with Restore Britain) by 45 votes to 31. However, the motion did not scrap all translation services. It made English the ordinary language of council communications 'except where the law requires otherwise', ordered a review of translation and interpretation spending, and kept British Sign Language services.
“we have constructed an energy system that imposes unnecessarily high costs on household and industry. The highest in the world.”
Claim checkedThe UK's energy system gives households and industry the highest energy costs in the world.
Government (DESNZ) international comparisons cited by Full Fact show that in 2024 the UK had the highest industrial electricity prices of all IEA members with data, both including and excluding taxes. For households, UK electricity was the highest excluding taxes but second highest, behind Germany, including taxes. The comparison covers only IEA and EU members, not the whole world, so 'the highest in the world' for both households and industry goes beyond the evidence.
Claim checkedThe UK buys a large share of its hydrocarbons, particularly natural gas, from Norway.
Official UK energy statistics show Norway is the UK's largest source of imported gas. Government Energy Trends figures put Norway at 69% of UK gas imports in 2025 (76% in 2024), equal to about 40% of gross gas supply. Domestic UK Continental Shelf production still supplies a large share of the rest.
“Aneurin Bevan who presciently stated the following. This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish.”
Claim checkedAneurin Bevan said 'This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.'
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations attributes 'This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time' to Aneurin Bevan, in a speech at Blackpool on 24 May 1945 reported in the Daily Herald on 25 May 1945. MPs from several parties have quoted it in Hansard as Bevan's words, for example on 1 September 2020. Some versions say 'almost made of coal'. Calling it 'prescient' is a matter of opinion.
“endless foreign wars in the Middle East that drive up fuel costs”
Claim checkedWars in the Middle East drive up fuel costs for British motorists at the pump.
After the US-Israel war with Iran began on 28 February 2026 and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz was disrupted, Brent crude peaked at about $118 in March. UK petrol rose from about 132.8p to 160p a litre by July 2026, the highest in more than three and a half years. Whether the UK should stay out of such wars is a policy view and was not checked.
“Two weeks ago, a father of two was given a two-year jail sentence for throwing a plastic bottle at the police and swearing at officers during an anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth.”
Claim checkedAbout two weeks before 3 October 2026, a father of two received a two-year jail sentence for throwing a plastic bottle at police and swearing at officers during an anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth.
On 24 September 2026, 9 days before the speech, Del Somerville, a 42-year-old father of two, was jailed for two years at Portsmouth Crown Court after throwing a plastic bottle at a police line and swearing at officers during the anti-migrant disorder of 6 September. However, he pleaded guilty to violent disorder, and the court also heard that he was seen 'aggressively pushing' through the police line in a disturbance where bricks, stones and bottles were thrown. The sentence was therefore for more than the bottle and the swearing alone.
“as we have witnessed disgracefully in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election for the departing Keir Starmer's seat.”
Claim checkedRestore Britain campaigners were attacked and harassed by opponents during the Holborn and St Pancras by-election campaign for the seat Keir Starmer vacated.
Keir Starmer left the Commons on 1 September 2026, which triggered the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, set for 8 October 2026. The Metropolitan Police said that on 19 September a woman was seen to punch one of about 12 Restore Britain campaigners while around 30 Stand Up To Racism protesters were present, and she was arrested. Further confrontations were reported on 26 September, with each side accusing the other of starting the violence. Calling the events 'disgraceful' is a matter of opinion.
“which was a very prosperous country with very low national debt.”
Claim checkedBritain used to be a very prosperous country with very low national debt.
UK public sector net debt was 94.9% of GDP in June 2026, the highest since the early 1960s (ONS), and it was much lower in recent decades, at about 27-37% of GDP between the mid-1990s and 2008. But the statement names no period: debt was also very high at other times in history, for example above 200% of GDP after the Second World War.
Claim checkedThe BBC has not covered the Rape Gang Inquiry report at all.
On 29 June 2026 the BBC answered complaints about not reporting the inquiry's report. It said it makes 'complex choices' about what to cover and pointed to its coverage of grooming gangs in general and of the statutory national inquiry. Lowe's own response says the BBC had reported earlier complaints about the inquiry, but no BBC report on the report itself was found.
“with them allowed to pursue a parallel system of Sharia courts.”
Claim checkedMuslims in Britain are allowed to run a parallel system of sharia courts.
The 2018 Home Office independent review found between 30 and 85 sharia councils operating in England and Wales. It said they are not courts and have no legal status or binding authority under civil law. Religious councils do operate, but they are not a legally recognised parallel court system.
“very large parts of the country who are running a parallel system.”
Claim checkedVery large parts of the UK are running a parallel (sharia-based) system.
No source found shows 'very large parts of the country' running a parallel legal system. The 2018 review describes sharia councils (30-85 in number) that deal mainly with religious divorce and have no legal jurisdiction.
Claim checkedMost members of grooming (rape) gangs in the UK are Pakistani Muslims.
The 2025 Casey national audit found that ethnicity was not recorded for about two-thirds of group-based child sexual exploitation perpetrators nationally. In the three police areas with enough data (Greater Manchester, West and South Yorkshire), men of Asian, including Pakistani, heritage were over-represented among suspects. High-profile cases such as Rotherham, Rochdale and Telford involved mostly Pakistani-heritage men, but national data cannot show that most perpetrators are Pakistani Muslims.
Claim checkedMost grooming gang perpetrators in the UK come from one part of Pakistan, Mirpur.
There is no official data on the regional origin of grooming gang perpetrators. A large share of British Pakistanis (by one estimate at least 75%) trace their roots to the Mirpur district of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, but no data show that most perpetrators come from there.
“your listen your listeners are dropping equally fast”
Claim checkedThe BBC Today programme's listener numbers are falling as fast as Restore Britain's membership is growing.
RAJAR figures for Q2 2026 show the Today programme's weekly reach fell to 5.6 million, down 1% on the quarter and 0.5% on the year, after a 5% year-on-year fall reported at the end of 2025. The audience is falling, but slowly, which does not match 'equally fast' as membership described as growing very fast.
“It is a fact that by 2063, white British people will be a minority on current trends.”
Claim checkedOn current trends, white British people will be a minority in the UK by 2063.
The 2063 date comes from a single June 2025 projection by Matt Goodwin for the University of Buckingham's Centre for Heterodox Social Science. It defines 'white British' as people with both parents born in the UK. This is a projection under stated assumptions, not a fact, and other projections, such as a 2017 University of Leeds study, show white people at around 70% of the population in 2061.
Claim checkedNo one disputes the projection that white British people will be a minority in the UK by 2063.
The 2063 projection is disputed. Critics question its definition of 'white British' (both parents UK-born), and a 2017 University of Leeds projection points to a white share of around 70% in 2061.
“you see entire communities who basically are pursuing their own culture, their own religion, and their own agenda.”
Claim checkedIn parts of Greater Manchester, where Rupert Lowe campaigned with Restore Britain mayoral candidate Marlon West, entire communities pursue their own culture, religion and agenda.
The statement is a general impression of communities in a Greater Manchester area. It gives no measurable claim that published data could check. Restore Britain's Marlon West won about 8.7% of the vote in the 2026 Greater Manchester mayoral by-election.
“they made false witness statements to the police, tried to have me imprisoned for nothing and booted me out of the party for equally nothing.”
Claim checkedNigel Farage, Zia Yusuf and Lee Anderson made false witness statements to the police, tried to have Rupert Lowe imprisoned and expelled him from Reform UK without cause.
In March 2025 Reform UK suspended Lowe and removed the whip, citing staff complaints and alleged threats against chairman Zia Yusuf, which Yusuf and Lee Anderson referred to police. In May 2025 the CPS decided not to charge, saying there was 'insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction' after considering witness statements. It did not find that the statements were false.
“I think I'm one of the most active MPs in Parliament since I've been elected.”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe has been one of the most active MPs in Parliament since being elected in 2024.
Parliamentary tracking shows Lowe had tabled about 2,390 written questions by 2026, an unusually high total by Commons standards. His 965 questions in the first months of the Parliament were far more than most MPs had tabled.
“Nigel decided with his acolytes that I was not part of his party, so he kicked me out.”
Claim checkedNigel Farage and his allies removed Rupert Lowe from Reform UK.
Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, suspended Lowe and removed the whip in March 2025. The statement was issued by Zia Yusuf and chief whip Lee Anderson, and the party gave staff complaints and alleged threats as its reasons.
Claim checkedRupert Lowe cleared his name after being removed from Reform UK.
In May 2025 the CPS said no charges would be brought over the alleged threats because the evidence was insufficient for a realistic prospect of conviction. That ended the criminal matter, but it is not a formal finding of innocence, and no outcome was found for Reform's separate KC-led inquiry into staff complaints.
“the Christian principles which have served us extremely well for many thousands of years.”
Claim checkedChristian principles have served Britain well for many thousands of years.
Christianity began about 2,000 years ago and probably reached Britain in the 2nd century AD. Augustine's mission arrived in 597. Christian principles cannot have served Britain for 'many thousands of years'.
“I made an effort on Friday to reach out to Nigel Farage”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe reached out to Nigel Farage on Friday (31 July 2026) offering cooperation between Restore Britain and Reform UK.
Lowe did make a public offer of cooperation to Nigel Farage and Reform UK, with five conditions. Reports and his own post date the video offer to Sunday 2 August 2026, not Friday.
“I had one message from Nigel on Sunday morning at 10:30 saying will call later.”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe received one message from Nigel Farage, at 10:30 on Sunday 2 August 2026, saying 'Will call later'.
On 3 August 2026 Lowe posted a screenshot of a message he said Farage sent at 10.30 on Sunday 2 August reading 'Will call later', and said no call followed. The only record is the screenshot Lowe posted himself.
“in his press conference, he said he was awaiting for a call from me.”
Claim checkedAt his press conference, Nigel Farage said he was waiting for a call (reply) from Rupert Lowe.
At a press conference on 3 August 2026, Farage said he had 'opened the door to that conversation yesterday, late morning, and at the moment I haven't yet had a reply.'
“Ollie Robbins, I think, made it quite clear yesterday that actually that the Prime Minister's office had made the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson and what the civil servants were required to do is to find a way to deliver that appointment even though he'd failed his vetting.”
Claim checkedSir Olly Robbins told Parliament that the Prime Minister's office had decided to appoint Peter Mandelson, and that civil servants were required to find a way to deliver the appointment even though Mandelson had failed his security vetting.
Sir Oliver Robbins told the Foreign Affairs Committee on 21 April 2026 that No. 10 had already announced Mandelson as its nominee, pressed for him to be in post quickly and treated vetting dismissively. He also said his department completed developed vetting and granted it, after UK Security Vetting leaned towards denying it. So pressure from No. 10 is supported, but 'civil servants were required to find a way to deliver the appointment even though he'd failed his vetting' goes beyond his evidence.
“the various reforms they did from the Human Rights Act to the you know, creation of the Supreme Court to the Equalities Act”
Claim checkedThe Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown passed the Human Rights Act, created the Supreme Court and passed the Equality Act.
The Human Rights Act 1998 and the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, which created the Supreme Court, were passed by the Blair government; the Equality Act 2010 by the Brown government, in which Mandelson sat. All were Labour reforms.
Claim checkedKeir Starmer was a human rights lawyer before entering politics.
Keir Starmer was called to the Bar in 1987, practised from Doughty Street Chambers, mostly in human rights cases, and was named Human Rights Lawyer of the Year in 2001, before becoming Director of Public Prosecutions in 2008.
“the offering which he's giving the Chagos Islands away”
Claim checkedKeir Starmer's government is giving the Chagos Islands away, to Mauritius.
The UK and Mauritius signed a treaty on 22 May 2025 that would transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, with the UK leasing back Diego Garcia. It had not been ratified in April 2026, and the Government still needs legislation to do so, so the islands had not yet been given away.
“our polling indicates that we are polling somewhere between 8 and 10%.”
Claim checkedRestore Britain's own polling shows it at between 8 and 10% in voting intention.
No published poll shows Restore Britain at 8 to 10%. YouGov's April 2026 polls, which asked about it as a follow-up to 'some other party', put it at 3 to 4%, and YouGov's unprompted tests showed similar levels. His own internal polling is not published, so it cannot be checked.
Claim checkedOpinion polls do not name Restore Britain as an option in their lists of parties.
YouGov's April 2026 polls did not name Restore Britain in their main list of parties: it was only asked of people who chose 'some other party' (YouGov was still deciding whether to promote it to the main prompt). So 'not named' is right for that main list, but 'none of the polls' goes too far: YouGov did publish Restore Britain's figure, 4% on 6-7 April and 3% on 19-20 April. Only YouGov's polls were checked; other pollsters' prompts were not.
Claim checkedRestore Britain has 131,000 signed-up supporters.
131,000 is the party's own count of signed-up supporters, and reports of 'over 130,000' repeat the party's claim. There is no independent membership register to check it against.
“we had a defection yesterday in South Cornwall of a Reform candidate, a very good man called [Roger Tarrant] who joined us deputy leader of the council down there”
Claim checkedThe day before, Roger Tarrant, a Reform candidate and Reform's deputy leader on Cornwall Council, defected from Reform UK to Restore Britain.
Roger Tarrant, a Cornwall councillor for Redruth North and Reform UK's deputy group leader on Cornwall Council, left Reform for Restore Britain on 21 April 2026, the day before the interview, and withdrew from his application to stand as a Reform parliamentary candidate. He was deputy group leader of Reform on the council, not deputy leader of the council, and the name is Tarrant, not 'Town'.
“As you know, Keir Starmer won his majority on a 35% share of the vote.”
Claim checkedKeir Starmer's Labour won its majority at the 2024 general election on a 35% share of the vote.
Labour won 33.7% of the vote in 2024 and 411 seats. '35%' overstates it by 1.3 points; the point that Labour won a large majority on about a third of the vote holds.
“Bigger than most national newspapers by a long way.”
Claim checkedRestore Britain's social media following is far bigger than most national newspapers'.
No published comparison of Restore Britain's social media reach with national newspapers' audiences was found, and 'most national newspapers' is not defined, so this cannot be checked either way.
“since we launched the party in February, we've now got over 400 branches up and running.”
Claim checkedSince launching in February, Restore Britain has set up over 400 branches.
Lowe said on 12 March 2026 that Restore Britain had branches in over 100 constituencies and in August that it had operational branches in 'the vast majority of constituencies'. No published count of 400 branches in April 2026 was found, and the party's own figures are not independently counted.
“Two Afghan illegal migrants were jailed for raping a schoolgirl.”
Claim checkedOn 8 December 2025, two Afghan illegal migrants were jailed for raping a schoolgirl.
On 8 December 2025 Warwick Crown Court sentenced two 17-year-old Afghan asylum seekers to youth detention for raping a 15-year-old girl in Leamington Spa in May 2025. Reports say both arrived by small boat as unaccompanied minors; their asylum claims had not been decided.
“Last year, a 35-year-old Iranian small-boat migrant raped a 15-year-old girl in an alleyway. He was known to police in Germany, where he had been convicted of assault offences.”
Claim checkedIn 2024 a 35-year-old Iranian small-boat migrant raped a 15-year-old girl in an alleyway; he had previous assault convictions in Germany.
A 35-year-old Iranian asylum seeker, reported to have arrived by small boat in 2023, raped a 15-year-old girl in Oxford in February 2024; he was convicted in October 2025 and the court heard of earlier assault convictions in Germany. Reports say near a shopping centre; "alleyway" was not confirmed.
“there are 736 foreign criminals in the total absconder pool for foreign national offenders”
Claim checkedThe Home Office's absconder pool for foreign national offenders contains 736 foreign criminals released from prison who absconded before deportation.
The figure comes from a Home Office document leaked to him and reported by LBC and The Daily Telegraph in late 2025; the Home Office would not confirm it and no official figure was found.
“Overall, the total absconder pool stands at 53,298”
Claim checkedThe Home Office's total absconder pool stands at 53,298 people, mostly illegal migrants whose current whereabouts are unknown.
The 53,298 figure comes from the same leaked document; the Home Office refused to confirm it and the Minister told the debate it does not comment on unverified leaks. No official publication was found.
Claim checkedMany Chagossians live in Crawley, in England.
Reports describe a Chagossian community of several thousand in Crawley, near Gatwick, which grew after UK citizenship was granted in 2002 and is served by a funded advice project.
Claim checkedBritain ended its participation in the transatlantic slave trade by its own decision (the 1807 Slave Trade Act), not under outside compulsion.
Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act in 1807, declaring slave trading by British subjects 'utterly abolished, prohibited and declared to be unlawful'. No outside power forced the Act; Britain then set up the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron in 1808, which seized more than 1,500 slave ships by 1860. The Act ended the trade only. Slavery itself continued in British colonies until the 1830s, which the statement does not deny.
“somewhere between 3 and 5 trillion, maybe a bit more, which is probably 200% of GDP that’s not even on the balance sheet”
Claim checkedIn late 2025, the UK had between £3 trillion and £5 trillion (about 200% of GDP) of liabilities, such as civil service pensions, that do not appear on the government balance sheet.
The Whole of Government Accounts do show public sector pension liabilities of about £1.3–1.4 trillion (£1,312bn at March 2024, £1,396bn at March 2025), and these are left out of headline public sector net debt. They do not support a hidden £3–5 trillion figure. The future cost of the state pension is not recognised in the accounts, but no official figure for it was found here. The statement's own numbers also do not fit: £3–5 trillion is about 110–170% of GDP, not 200%.
Claim checkedRachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, put false details about her career on her CV.
Reports in late 2024 found Rachel Reeves's online CV overstated her time at the Bank of England and described a retail banking role as "economist"; her spokesperson said the dates were inaccurate through an administrative mistake. The inaccuracies are documented; that they were deliberate is not.
“I think we send £130 million a year to Pakistan.”
Claim checkedIn late 2025, the UK gave Pakistan about £130 million a year in overseas aid.
FCDO accounts show programme aid to Pakistan of £100.6 million in 2024-25, with £102.5 million planned for 2025-26. Total UK bilateral aid to Pakistan was £57.8 million in 2022 and £68.7 million in 2023. The UK does send Pakistan around £100 million a year, but £130 million overstates the recent figures.
“the 9 million people of working age who aren’t contributing to our society”
Claim checkedAbout 9 million people of working age in the UK are not working or contributing to society.
The ONS estimated 9.08 million people aged 16 to 64 were economically inactive in July to September 2025, so the number is right; but it counts students, carers, the long-term sick and early retirees, so it does not measure people "not contributing to society".
“I think I’m right in saying 13% of new car registrations is motability.”
Claim checkedAbout 13% of new car registrations in the UK in late 2025 were vehicles for the Motability scheme.
Motability is a large share of UK new car registrations, but the 13% figure is out of date and too low. Bloomberg reported that Motability took 18.8% of new vehicles in 2024, and Fleet News reported a 19% share in the first half of 2025, up from 14% in the same period of 2023.
Claim checkedUnder the Motability scheme, recipients get a new taxpayer-funded car every three years.
Most Motability car leases last three years, after which the customer can choose a new vehicle; wheelchair-accessible vehicle leases usually last five.
“the danger in the budget tomorrow is that Rachel Reeves does lift the two child caps”
Claim checkedThe Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, intended to lift the two-child limit on benefits in the Budget of 26 November 2025.
In the Budget on 26 November 2025, the government announced that it would remove the two-child limit on the child element of Universal Credit from April 2026, as had been widely expected. The statement correctly anticipated this; whether lifting the limit is a 'danger' is opinion and was not checked.
“the Metropolitan Police arrived, mob handed and took my guns away and it took me about five months to get them back”
Claim checkedAfter Reform UK figures made allegations against Rupert Lowe, police in the Metropolitan Police investigation seized his guns in a large armed visit, and he got them back about five months later.
The Metropolitan Police opened an investigation in March 2025 into alleged threats by Rupert Lowe against Zia Yusuf. On 14 March 2025, four armed officers in three vehicles came to his farm and took away his guns. The CPS decided in May 2025 not to charge, and the guns were returned in late August 2025, about five months later. The sources do not say which force sent the officers who collected the guns.
Claim checkedPeople are leaving London (as of 2025).
GLA analysis of ONS estimates shows a net domestic outflow from London every year for two decades (about 129,000 in the year to mid-2023). But London's total population still grew (by about 76,000 that year) because of births and international migration.
“until 1992 really we had a pretty stable society and Maggie left the country in rude health financially”
Claim checkedUntil about 1992 the UK had a stable society, and Margaret Thatcher left the country's public finances in good health when she left office in 1990.
Public sector net debt fell to 27.7% of GDP by March 1990, down 18.4 points in five years, which supports the fiscal part. But the UK entered recession in 1990 with high inflation, and 'stable society' and 'self-belief' are judgements, not facts.
“They effectively passed laws like the Human Rights Act, which embeds within it the [ECHR].”
Claim checkedThe Blair government passed the Human Rights Act, which incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into UK law.
The Human Rights Act 1998 is 'an Act to give further effect to rights and freedoms guaranteed under the European Convention on Human Rights', and it writes the Convention rights into UK law. Tony Blair's Labour government passed it.
“since then we have actually seen immigration which you mentioned rising very fast”
Claim checkedSince the Blair government took office in 1997, immigration to the UK has risen very fast.
ONS says net migration rose sharply after 1997, adding 1.8 million people from 1997 to 2007. It later ran at about 150,000-300,000 a year, then reached record highs in 2022-23.
“when the coalition government of [Clegg] and Cameron was in power they did nothing to change that and then Cameron had his own majority which he did nothing to change”
Claim checkedThe Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition under David Cameron and Nick Clegg (2010-15), and then Cameron's majority government (2015-16), did nothing to reduce high immigration.
Net migration was not reduced: it stayed above 100,000 every year and was about 327,000 in the year to March 2016, far above Cameron's 'tens of thousands' target. But 'did nothing' overstates it, because the coalition and the Cameron government set that target and tightened visa rules.
Claim checkedRupert Lowe gives his parliamentary salary to charity.
Local press reports that Lowe has given his net MP salary to a different local charity or cause each month since his election in 2024. His own site lists each monthly donation.
“I think I've asked more parliamentary questions than any other MP”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe has asked more parliamentary questions than any other MP in the current Parliament.
In Parliament's written-questions record for 4 July 2024 to 25 September 2025, Lowe tabled 1,475 written questions. James Cartlidge tabled 2,225 and Ben Obese-Jecty 1,975 in the same period, so Lowe was prolific but not the top questioner.
“[Esther McVey] and I were going to have a debate on it in parliament. And it was literally, you know, they keep pushing it back.”
Claim checkedEsther McVey and Rupert Lowe were due several times to hold a parliamentary debate on grooming gangs, and it kept being pushed back.
No record was found of a scheduled Commons debate on grooming gangs, led by Lowe and Esther McVey, that was repeatedly postponed before September 2025. McVey did join Lowe's inquiry panel and publicly criticised delays to the national inquiry.
“we raised about £600,000 from 20 just over 20,000 people.”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe's Rape Gang Inquiry raised about £600,000 from just over 20,000 people.
Reports in August-September 2025 put the crowdfunded total at about £619,000, mostly from small donors. Coverage gives about 20,000 donors; an earlier count was 15,737.
“it's been going on in we think at least 87 areas.”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe's Rape Gang Inquiry found that group-based child sexual exploitation has occurred in at least 87 areas of the UK.
The inquiry's published statement in August 2025, reported by LBC, said it had found gang-based child sexual exploitation in 85 local areas, including historic cases. No source was found for the figure of 87, and the numbers come from the inquiry itself.
“It's been running through the country since 2000.”
Claim checkedGrooming-gang abuse has been happening across the UK since about 2000.
Abuse by grooming gangs ran through the 2000s and later, but documented cases began earlier. Rotherham's abuse was dated from 1997, Telford's from the 1980s, and Lowe's own inquiry said some cases went back to the 1960s.
“vulnerable white workingclass girls have been richly abused by largely Pakistani Muslim men. There's some Afghanistanis and some Bangladeshes but the majority of it is Pakistani Muslim men.”
Claim checkedVulnerable white working-class girls have been abused by grooming gangs made up largely of Pakistani Muslim men, with some Afghan and Bangladeshi men.
Baroness Casey's June 2025 audit found ethnicity unrecorded for about two-thirds of suspects nationally. Local data in Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire showed 'disproportionate numbers of men from Asian ethnic backgrounds' among suspects. That supports over-representation in those areas but does not confirm a national majority of Pakistani Muslim offenders.
“forcing the government to announce they're going to have a statutory inquiry, which they did six, seven, eight weeks ago.”
Claim checkedThe UK government announced a statutory national inquiry into grooming gangs six to eight weeks before late September 2025.
The government did announce a national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs, but it did so on 14-16 June 2025, after the Casey audit. That is about 14-15 weeks before this interview, not six to eight weeks.
“they've announced nothing since. So, we've got no terms of reference.”
Claim checkedAs of late September 2025, the government had announced no further details of the national grooming-gangs inquiry, including its terms of reference.
In September 2025 no chair had been appointed and no terms of reference had been published. On 15 September a minister said the search for a chair was under way and the terms of reference would follow a consultation. Baroness Longfield was appointed and the terms of reference published only in December 2025.
“Tommy Robinson was right about this when he first talked about it in Luton you know around I think it was 2002 34”
Claim checkedTommy Robinson first spoke publicly about grooming gangs in Luton around 2002-2004.
Tommy Robinson's public activism dates from the founding of the English Defence League in Luton in 2009. No record was found of him speaking publicly about grooming gangs in 2002-04, and whether he was 'right' is a judgement.
“he didn't lock down. Sweden's economy hardly missed a heartbeat, whereas ours has been decimated.”
Claim checkedSweden, under state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, did not lock down during Covid, and its economy was barely affected while the UK economy was severely damaged.
Sweden did not impose a full lockdown, and its GDP fell about 2.8% in 2020 against a 9.7% fall in the UK, so the gap is real. But Sweden's output still fell a record 8.6% in Q2 2020, and the UK economy recovered its pre-pandemic size, so 'hardly missed a heartbeat' and 'decimated' overstate it.
“Masks. Where's the science in that? There is none.”
Claim checkedThere is no scientific evidence that face masks reduced the spread of Covid-19.
The 2023 Cochrane review found community mask-wearing 'probably makes little or no difference' to influenza-like or Covid-like illness, but its authors stressed the uncertainty. A body of scientific research on masks exists, including trials and filtration studies, so 'there is none' is too absolute.
“after the war as you probably know we had the Marshall plan and probably in the most unselfish way the victors rebuilt Germany and Japan”
Claim checkedAfter the Second World War, the victorious Allies rebuilt Germany and Japan through the Marshall Plan.
The Marshall Plan (1948-52) aided western Europe, including West Germany, but it did not cover Japan. The US helped rebuild Japan through separate occupation aid, mainly GARIOA, worth about $15.2 billion in 2005 dollars over 1946-52.
“in 1980 the US started to turn in into multiple deficits.”
Claim checkedFrom around 1980 the United States began to run large budget and trade deficits.
The US 'twin deficits' grew sharply in the early 1980s: the federal deficit went from about 2% of GDP in 1980 to 6% in 1985, and the trade deficit from about 0% to 3%. But the US had run budget deficits through the 1970s and trade deficits from the mid-1970s, so 1980 was not the start.
“I had a 10-minute rule bill on it in parliament which is I think still alive.”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe introduced a Ten Minute Rule bill to prohibit quantitative easing, and that bill is still before Parliament.
Lowe's Quantitative Easing (Prohibition) Bill had its first reading under the Ten Minute Rule on 8 January 2025. Parliament's bill page lists its second reading as 'date to be announced' in the 2024-26 session, so it is still live.
“the toad bailey as I call him making another error in trying to unwind it at huge cost to the British taxpayer.”
Claim checkedThe Bank of England under Governor Andrew Bailey is unwinding quantitative easing through quantitative tightening at a large cost to UK taxpayers.
Under the Bank of England's quantitative tightening, active gilt sales lock in losses that the Treasury indemnifies, at a cost estimated in the tens of billions. In September 2025 the Bank cut the pace of QT to £70bn and reduced active sales. Calling it an 'error' is a judgement.
“a lot of these people who've come here in huge numbers are [low-skilled]. They haven't integrated. They've been abusing the postal vote”
Claim checkedMany people who have come to the UK in large numbers are low-skilled, have not integrated and have been abusing the postal vote.
The statement says many recent migrants have been abusing the postal vote. Electoral Commission data reported by PA show 1,462 alleged electoral fraud cases of all kinds reported to police in 2019-2023, 11 convictions, and only two postal vote fraud convictions in five years, with 'no evidence of large-scale electoral fraud'; no source links postal vote abuse to migrants as a group.
“We had over 100,000 votes by 4:00 this afternoon”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe's mass deportation petition passed 100,000 signatures by about 3:45pm on the day it was promoted (15 September 2025).
Parliament's petition data show the Restore Britain offshore detention and mass deportation petition (737105) passed 100,000 signatures at 14:50 UTC (15:50 BST) on 15 September 2025, the same day it passed 10,000 at about 10:20 BST. That matches 'over 100,000 by quarter to 4'.
Claim checkedReaching 100,000 signatures forces a debate on the petition in Westminster Hall.
At 100,000 signatures a petition is considered for a debate by the Petitions Committee, which decides whether to schedule one; the debate is not automatic. In this case a Westminster Hall debate was later held on 13 July 2026, but in September 2025 no debate had been scheduled.
“I asked for a debate in the house last Thursday where the leader of the house reluctantly said if I asked for it I might get it”
Claim checkedOn Thursday 11 September 2025 Rupert Lowe asked the Leader of the House for a debate on mass deportations, and the Leader of the House, Sir Alan Campbell, said that if he sought one in the usual way he might be successful, while calling the views abhorrent.
Hansard for Business Questions on Thursday 11 September 2025 records Rupert Lowe asking for a debate on mass deportations. The Leader of the House, Sir Alan Campbell, replied that he respected Members' views 'even if they are—I have to say—abhorrent' and that 'if he seeks a debate on these matters in the usual way, perhaps he will be successful'.
“Europe used to persecute the [Huguenots] and persecute the Jews”
Claim checkedEuropean countries historically persecuted the Huguenots and the Jews.
After Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, tens of thousands of Huguenots fled persecution in France to England, about 40,000-50,000 to London. Jews were persecuted across Europe over centuries (with expulsions and pogroms), although England also expelled its Jews in 1290.
“The foreign criminals which are about 10 and a half thousand in our prisons”
Claim checkedThere are about 10,500 foreign national criminals in prisons in England and Wales.
Ministry of Justice statistics show 10,772 foreign nationals in prison in England and Wales on 30 June 2025 (12.3% of the prison population), so 'about 10 and a half thousand' is a fair rounding.
“there are statistics proving that a lot of these low lowskilled people will end up being a cost to the British taxpayer.”
Claim checkedStatistics show that many low-skilled migrants end up being a net cost to the British taxpayer.
OBR analysis in its July 2024 Fiscal risks report estimated that a low-wage migrant (25th percentile of migrant earnings) arriving at 25 has a negative lifetime fiscal impact, while average or high earners are net contributors. These are modelled estimates, not proof, but they back the statement.
“a very sort of friendly and nonviolent demonstration”
Claim checkedThe Unite the Kingdom march in London on 13 September 2025 was a friendly and non-violent demonstration.
The 'Unite the Kingdom' rally in London on 13 September 2025 drew about 110,000-150,000 people, and many attended peacefully. But the Met reported 26 officers injured (four seriously) and about 25 arrests for offences including violent disorder, affray and assault, so it was not non-violent overall.
“the Notting Hill Yeah. carnival where you get people stabbed, you get people raped”
Claim checkedAt the Notting Hill Carnival people are stabbed and raped and other violence takes place.
Notting Hill Carnival has had repeated serious violence and sexual offences: police reported eight stabbings in 2024, including the murder of Cher Maximen, and eight in 2023. In 2025 there were 21 arrests for sexual offences, and two knife assaults.
“my constituency, by the way, on our petition, they were the true patriots. They led the charge. And curiously enough [Bridget Phillipson]'s constituency came a close second.”
Claim checkedOn Rupert Lowe's petition, Great Yarmouth had the most signatures and Bridget Phillipson's constituency, Houghton and Sunderland South, came a close second.
Parliament's constituency data for petition 737105 show Great Yarmouth with the most signatures (4,098) and Houghton and Sunderland South, Bridget Phillipson's seat, near the top. In the final count it was third (2,307) behind Carlisle (2,505). It may have been second when he spoke, but that cannot be confirmed.
“the lower the GDP per capita which is falling fast.”
Claim checkedUK GDP per capita is falling fast.
The ONS estimated that real GDP per head grew 0.2% in April-June 2025 and was 0.7% higher than a year earlier (first estimate, August 2025). It was not falling, let alone falling fast.
Claim checkedThe UK economy is not growing (as of September 2025).
Monthly GDP was flat (0.0%) in July 2025 (ONS, 12 September 2025). But GDP grew 0.3% in Q2 and 0.7% in Q1 2025 and was 1.2% higher than a year earlier, so growth was weak rather than absent.
“I then stood in for the referendum party which is Sir James Goldsmith's party in 1997. I kept my deposit in the [Cotswolds] where I live got 6.6% of the vote”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe stood for Sir James Goldsmith's Referendum Party in Cotswold in 1997, kept his deposit and won 6.6% of the vote.
Official 1997 results show Rupert Lowe stood for the Referendum Party in Cotswold and won 3,393 votes (6.6%), enough to keep his deposit.
Claim checkedThe Referendum Party's 1997 campaign saved the pound by keeping the UK out of the euro.
The UK kept the pound, and contemporary reporting credits pressure from the Referendum Party with pushing John Major (April 1997) and then Tony Blair to promise a referendum before joining the single currency. The decision not to join was later shaped by the Treasury's five economic tests, so the party's role was a contributing factor, not the sole cause.
“he spent £50 million or thereabouts of his own money then.”
Claim checkedSir James Goldsmith spent about £50 million of his own money on the Referendum Party campaign.
Contemporary reports say Goldsmith earmarked about £20 million of his own money for the Referendum Party's 1997 campaign, and the party outspent the main parties on press advertising. One later account puts his wider anti-euro spending at about £35 million. '£50 million' is above the reported figures.
“Nigel asked us all to vote for it even though we were arguing about the Northern Ireland protocol”
Claim checkedNigel Farage asked Brexit Party MEPs to vote for the Withdrawal Agreement in January 2020, even though they disagreed over the Northern Ireland protocol.
Brexit Party MEPs backed the Withdrawal Agreement in the European Parliament's consent vote on 29 January 2020 (passed 621-49). Some of them, such as Ben Habib, later criticised the Northern Ireland protocol. That Farage personally asked them to vote for it is reported only in general terms.
“Nigel said he had no money and therefore he left the battlefield and he went off to make money at broadcasting”
Claim checkedNigel Farage said he had no money, so he left frontline politics and went into broadcasting to earn money.
Farage stood down as Reform UK leader in March 2021 and became a GB News presenter that year, so the move from politics to broadcasting is accurate. His remark at a private dinner that he had no money cannot be checked.
Claim checkedNigel Farage worked on the London Metal Exchange.
Farage began working in 1982 as a commodities trader at the London Metal Exchange, for Drexel Burnham Lambert and later Crédit Lyonnais Rouse, and ran his own metals brokerage.
Claim checkedRupert Lowe worked in the City of London for 20 years.
Profiles confirm that Rupert Lowe worked in the City for Morgan Grenfell, Deutsche Bank and Barings and sat on the LIFFE board before running care homes and Southampton FC. No reliable source gives the length of that career.
“We had our first direct democracy vote where we got thousands of people voted.”
Claim checkedRestore Britain held its first direct democracy vote, in which thousands of people voted.
Rupert Lowe told the Commons on 11 September 2025 that a Restore Britain membership poll on deporting all illegal migrants had drawn responses 'from thousands of people'. The only figures come from Restore Britain itself, with no independent count.
“they made palpably false witness statements against me. I was under police investigation which was dropped”
Claim checkedReform UK figures made false witness statements against Rupert Lowe, and the police investigation into him was dropped.
The police investigation into alleged threats against Zia Yusuf ended in May 2025, when the CPS decided not to charge, citing 'insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction' after considering witness statements. No authority found the witness statements false.
“Lee Anderson said I was going around Parliament saying I was a very good shot.”
Claim checkedLee Anderson told police that Rupert Lowe had gone around Parliament saying he was a very good shot.
Lee Anderson and Zia Yusuf jointly referred the MP to police in March 2025 over alleged threats, and the CPS later said witness statements gave insufficient evidence for charges; the content of any statement by Anderson about being 'a very good shot' has not been published, and the speaker says he has not seen it.
“I'm a 67y old law-abiding citizen with a clean record.”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe is a 67-year-old law-abiding citizen with a clean record.
Rupert Lowe was born on 31 October 1957, so was 67 in September 2025; the Met Police described the subject of the March 2025 complaint as 'a 67-year-old man', and the CPS brought no charges. No criminal record has been reported.
“[Zia Yusuf] said I stood over him in a meeting and threatened to hit him and made a witness statement to that effect. 3 months after the meeting”
Claim checkedZia Yusuf alleged that Rupert Lowe threatened him at a meeting and made a witness statement to that effect about three months after the meeting, after Lowe's Daily Mail interview with Andrew Pierce.
The Met said it received on 6 March 2025 an allegation of verbal threats made on 13 December 2024, about 12 weeks earlier, after Reform said Lowe had threatened physical violence against chairman Zia Yusuf; this came days after Lowe's Daily Mail interview with Andrew Pierce. The motive the speaker attaches to the timing is opinion and is not checked.
“we were told we were we weren't on camera, right? And this was reported by some girl. We did make a formal complaint, but they didn't do anything about it.”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe and others were told they were not being filmed when the 'Jewish camera' remark was recorded, it was reported by a woman close to Dan Jukes, and a formal complaint was made but not acted on.
The Guardian released the recording in May 2025; whether those present were told they were not being filmed, who supplied the footage, and the fate of any formal complaint are not on the public record.
“People who pay £25,000 a year to be a member of the club”
Claim checkedMembers of Restore Britain's Cromwell Club pay £25,000 a year.
The Cromwell Club's published fee is £2,500 a year. The captions give £25,000, which may be a mis-hearing of 'two and a half thousand', so the figure he said cannot be settled without the audio.
“There was a tiny little camera and I said, "Well, in my day, we'd have called that a Jewish camera just because it was so small."”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe remarked of a tiny camera that in his day it would have been called a 'Jewish camera' because it was so small.
The recording released by The Guardian in May 2025 shows Lowe saying of a small camera: 'In days gone by you would call it a Jewish camera, but that would be politically incorrect, because it's so small.' The speaker's paraphrase matches the substance.
“my keeper's used to doing that to his own dogs as I say and it's a very common thing in the country”
Claim checkedRupert Lowe's gamekeeper is used to putting down his own dogs by shooting, and this is a very common practice in the countryside.
Reports confirm Lowe had his gamekeeper shoot his 17-year-old labrador at home; how often the keeper does this with his own dogs and how common the practice is in the countryside are not documented in sources found.
“He gave barely more than I spent getting myself elected. I funded my own campaign in [Great Yarmouth].”
Claim checkedZia Yusuf donated barely more to Reform UK than Rupert Lowe spent on his own election, and Lowe self-funded his Great Yarmouth campaign.
Zia Yusuf gave Reform UK £200,000 in 2024, but no published figure was found for how much Lowe personally spent on his Great Yarmouth campaign, so the comparison cannot be checked.
“originally he was basically chairman and then he effectively he's now I think in charge of [DOGE]”
Claim checkedZia Yusuf was originally Reform UK chairman and is now in charge of its DOGE unit.
Yusuf became Reform UK chairman in July 2024, resigned on 5 June 2025 and returned two days later to lead the party's DOGE unit for Reform-run councils.
“John Major wanted the euro. [Paddy Ashdown] wanted the euro. Tony Blair wanted the euro.”
Claim checkedJohn Major, Paddy Ashdown and Tony Blair all wanted the UK to join the euro around 1997.
Tony Blair and Paddy Ashdown's Liberal Democrats favoured joining the single currency in principle, but John Major negotiated the UK's Maastricht opt-out and kept a 'wait and see' position through 1997, so 'wanted the euro' overstates his position.
Claim checkedThe European Union divided Britain into nine regions.
England, not Britain, was divided into nine regions, set up by the UK government in 1994 as Government Offices for the Regions; with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland they also served as the UK's 12 European Parliament constituencies. Attributing the division to the EU overstates the record.
“Scotland's economics, Andrew, are far worse than England's. We are funding them.”
Claim checkedScotland's public finances are far worse than England's and England effectively funds Scotland.
Official GERS figures for 2024-25 put Scotland's net fiscal deficit at 11.6% of GDP against 5.1% for the UK, and UK government says public spending per person is higher in Scotland, with the gap funded through UK-wide pooling.
“Northern Ireland which as you know was created out of the Irish civil war.”
Claim checkedNorthern Ireland was created out of the Irish Civil War.
Northern Ireland was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, with partition taking effect on 3 May 1921 during the War of Independence; the Irish Civil War began in June 1922, after Northern Ireland already existed.
“the Nigel factor definitely gave us I don't know five 5% in the polls”
Claim checkedNigel Farage's return as Reform UK leader in 2024 added about five points to the party's poll rating.
After Nigel Farage took over as leader on 3 June 2024, Reform UK reached record polling levels, e.g. YouGov rising from about 15% to 17% and then 19% within two weeks, roughly a 4-5 point gain on pre-return levels across pollsters.
“there's a clip of him saying a chairman has many decisions to make. Most of them has got right, but maybe this one he hasn't got right.”
Claim checkedNigel Farage was recorded saying a chairman has many decisions to make, gets most right, but may not have got this one (the Lowe referral) right.
No published clip or report was found of Nigel Farage saying a chairman makes many decisions and may not have got this one right about the referral of Lowe.
“we literally filled that petition in in whatever it was, 5 and a half, 6 hours, 6 and 1/2 hours, whatever it was. I mean, nothing even shorter than the [Lucy Connolly] petition we did.”
Claim checkedRestore Britain's mass deportation petition reached 100,000 signatures in about six hours on 15 September 2025.
Parliament's petition data show Restore Britain's offshore detention/mass deportation petition passed 10,000 signatures at 09:19 and 100,000 at 14:50 on 15 September 2025, roughly six hours of that morning's push. The comparison with the earlier Lucy Connolly petition was not checked.
Procedural claims (the speaker's own dates, petition counts, who said what, background), clear slips of the tongue, and words read out from someone else. They stay on the record and do not count in Accuracy.
Pending“We've published detailed papers on mass deportations, on the British pub, on self-defense, on inheritance tax, on energy, policing, national belonging, financial regulation, borders, and student loans”Procedural: Lists his own party's publications. · Speech to the Restore Britain conference, 3 Oct 2026
Pending“As Benjamin Franklin said as the USA was founded, we must indeed all hang together or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.”Procedural: A quotation used to close the speech. · Speech to the Restore Britain conference, 3 Oct 2026
Supported“The requested data is not readily accessible from published statistics, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at a disproportionate cost.”Read out from someone else: Read out from a Home Office written answer to his question, not his own claim. · Commons debate: Illegal Migrants: Unknown Whereabouts, 9 Dec 2025
Supported“The Home Office does not hold any central record of the requested information.”Read out from someone else: Read out from a Home Office written answer to his question, not his own claim. · Commons debate: Illegal Migrants: Unknown Whereabouts, 9 Dec 2025
Supported“On 24 November, I questioned the Home Office permanent secretary in the Public Accounts Committee on the number of illegal migrants who have absconded from Home Office accommodation in the past five years.”Procedural: His own diary: when he questioned an official. · Commons debate: Illegal Migrants: Unknown Whereabouts, 9 Dec 2025
Supported“The Home Office has refused to confirm whether the figures are accurate, saying it does not comment on speculation.”Read out from someone else: Read out: what the Home Office told The Daily Telegraph, not his own claim. · Commons debate: Illegal Migrants: Unknown Whereabouts, 9 Dec 2025
Can't verify“I actually give my salary to charity each month, I give it to a Great Yarmouth charity.”Procedural: What he does with his own salary; about himself, not an argument. · Interview on The Tucker Carlson Show, 5 Dec 2025
Partly supported“you can have a debate or force a debate in Westminster hall with a hundred thousand signatures on an e-petition”Procedural: How the e-petition process works. · Interview on The Tucker Carlson Show, 5 Dec 2025
