Radio 43 | The Extremists Flocking to Restore Britain

About this episode

This episode explores the rise of the Restore Britain party and the ethnonationalists supporting it amidst a growing appetite for extreme right politics in the UK.

Restore Britain declared party status at the perfect moment. Between a growing appetite for ethnonationalism on the right and the mainstreaming of remigration narratives, Reform UK is simply too vanilla for many extremists’ political tastes. Restore has instantly filled the gap to the right of Reform that UKIP, Britain First and a dozen microparties have been clawing to occupy for years. HOPE not hate explores the ethnonationalists who have lined up behind Restore Britain. When will leader Ru...

Topics covered

• ethnonationalism
• political extremism
• UK politics

Keywords

• Restore Britain
• Reform UK
• UKIP
• Britain First

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