Talk:Rupert Lowe

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The content of Restore Britain was merged into Rupert Lowe on 17 August 2025. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

A peerage! You really have you lost the plot!

The assertion that Lowe will be ennobled for 'services to sport' is absolute tosh, and suggests that the writer has no knowledge of the process, nob. Although in theory anyone can nominate, and anyone can be ennobled, the actualié is rather more secretive. Most nominations come from within the ruling Establishment, and all are minutely scrutinised and vetted by committees of civil servants in Whitehall. Any nomination that appears to originate from a public campaign on behalf of any person, nominated or not, will be almost certain to be rejected. Advance disclosure of an 'about-to-recieve-a-peerage' nature, whether by the recipient or supporters, would certainly ensure that an award be quietly cancelled.

By the very nature of how these things are decided in secretive committees, not open to any form of democratic scutiny, no one who is not actually present at these deliberations will ever know. So any claim to a special knowledge or insight that the rest of us are not privy to is by its very nature, unprovable, and not in the Wikipedia style of openness and verifiable. Or to put it in street language; fantasy.

And to silence those who infer partisanship on this writers part, ... I support neither side in this turf war, neither Lowe nor his detractors, although some of both are friends and neighbours. I do not support Southampton Football Club, or any other; nor have I attended a football match in thirty years; although I live within sight and earshot of St Mary's stadium. Its only a game where grown men kick around a leather ball. Its not a matter of life or death, despite what Bill Shankly said in one moment of madness.Brian.Burnell 11:10, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lack of balance in subjects covered by article

The great bulk of this article relates to a period 20 or so years ago when its subject was head of a football club. This has little relevance to his current career as a member of parliament. The football club material needs editing down a lot and/or moving into a page about the history of the football club, and, ideally, more material on the subject's political (and perhaps business) career added to allow the public to be informed about an elected representative. To my mind this is an example of Wikipedia over-emphasising (male) sport and under-emphasising more important, less ephemeral matters. 195.213.161.3 (talk) 06:04, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is a page covering all about Rupert, the football career is relevant NotQualified (talk) 01:24, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone fix this tweet for me

Rupert Lowe [@RupertLowe10] (January 05, 2025). "More awareness has been raised around the rape and abuse of thousands of vulnerable British girls in the last few days than has ever happened before. As a country, this is a conversation we needed to have. It shames our political class that it has taken a man of Elon Musk's influence to drag this into the light. This is where the focus should remain, not elsewhere - swift and brutal justice for those responsible. Tommy Robinson's role in exposing these gangs should be acknowledged. He is not right for Reform, but I do think that his efforts in revealing these heinous crimes should not be overlooked. I thank Elon for his kind comments. I just want to do what is right for my constituency and my country - that is my only interest. Nigel is leader of Reform. He made Brexit happen, and for that I will always be grateful. I look forward to working with Nigel and the entire team to continue to hold this incompetent Labour Party to account, democratise our own party, win the next election and form a Reform Government. A power from outside the existing political establishment is the ONLY way to achieve the change this country so desperately needs" (Tweet) – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) NotQualified (talk) 01:25, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We should also slim it down NotQualified (talk) 01:25, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Political Position

Does Rupert Lowe leading what's now labeled a far right organisation (Restore Britain), make him far right? Or should his political position be kept as rightwing? Nathan.bessler (talk) 20:58, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest I'd be inclined to avoid labels like that and simply describe his political views, unless there are a few different independent reliable sources that explicitly call him far-right. — Czello ^(music) 06:58, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Party affiliation

In voting reports (such as in the recent Football Governance Bill vote) he is still listed as an independent, whereas the article states he is the founder and head of a new political party. The lead also says both things, that he sits as an independent but is the he'd of the party. Is anyone able to explain this contradiction? Abcmaxx (talk) 07:39, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Charity rowers incident

A brief summation of this incident with its own section was merged into an unrelated section, the remaining content was heavily edited. The story is newsworthy enough to be on 29 different media platforms (at the time of writing) including the BBC, ITV, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, GB News, Daily Mirror, et al. The editor claims undue weight. I disagree. They seem to acknowledge the briefest of mention is warranted (about a dozen or so words) and that it should be included on a section that is unrelated. I think my edit (which is two to three times longer in it's own section and adds context) is better. 82.28.143.110 (talk) 12:12, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did this incident have any effect on him or the charity? If it didn't it's not really worth it to give a lot of attention.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk) 12:26, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any indication this has a WP:LASTING impact? It seems to be a faux pas by him that's been reported in the news but not really gathered a huge amount of attention. — Czello ^(music) 12:43, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]