Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, has called out the groyper-style Restore Britain as a front for Elon Musk, which is aiming to sabotage Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and prop up the far-left Labour Party in a crucial special election.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, outlined how Restore Britain, a fringe British political party backed by Elon Musk, could give Britain’s governing Labour Party a new lease on life by peeling votes away from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party in a parliamentary by-election (special election) on June 18. Speaking on Stephen K. Bannon’s War Room show on Tuesday, he also highlighted comments by Restore’s chief spokesman, Charlie Downes, that the party is “the enemy of populism.” 📰 DETAIL: Kassam explained how Labour’s candidate in the Makerfield constituency (electoral district), Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, is expected to supplant the unpopular Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader and, by extension, Prime Minister if he wins the seat. “The people right now who are trying to stop Farage’s party winning that seat and keeping the Labour Party out—this would be the end of the Labour Party if we kept [Andy Burnham] out—are this small group of people called Restore Britain that is backed by Elon Musk. And these people are polling at seven percent… but that seven percent will be enough to return that seat for the Labour Party,” Kassam said. He explained that Restore leader Rupert Lowe, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Reform who was expelled amid allegations of bullying staff and other infractions, is a “spite politician” driven by a grudge against Farage, but “It’s not really his party, it’s Elon Musk’s party.” 💬 KEY QUOTE: “There’s a huge question mark over whether or not Elon Musk and all of these guys are actually working hand in hand with the British political establishment to stop a real change coming in the United Kingdom.” – Raheem Kassam 🎯 IMPACT: If Restore Britain succeeds in drawing votes away from Reform UK, it could enable Labour to secure the seat, and Burnham to reverse Labour’s decline in the polls. Kassam said American observers should think of Restore “[as] if Ron DeSantis and the Groypers had a baby,” noting: “Elon Musk, remember, was a DeSantis guy before he was a Trump guy, then he tried DOGE, he failed at that, then he threatened to build the America Party, failed at that, then he started attacking Trump over Epstein, failed at that. Now he’s turned his sights on the United Kingdom, because he wants more electric vehicle mandates, more H1B-style migration.” 📺 WATCH: Kassam’s remarks can be seen in full here. |
RAHEEM KASSAM: Elon Musk was a DeSantis guy before he was a Trump guy.
Then he tried DOGE and failed at that.
Then he threatened to build the America Party and failed at that.
Then he started attacking Trump over Epstein and failed at that.
Now he’s turned his sights to the… pic.twitter.com/X8w5KRMtFo
— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) May 26, 2026
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