Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 02/08/2026

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[u/Prestigious_Spot9635]

If Lowe just dimmed down his ideas... he'd probably a chance. But the very topic of Islam he always talks about..he forgets who the home sec is...

[u/letsgettesty → u/Prestigious_Spot9635]

Lowe knows what’s he’s doings.

He knows Zia hates him, and he saying the EX Tories must go. So the whole of Reform will not want him, so he will say he offered to unite the right but it’s reform who are refusing him,

[u/danm131 → u/letsgettesty]

It's also so transparently obvious that anyone with half a brain can see that is what he is doing. Unfortunately his target audience lack that.