00:00:00.000Hello and welcome to Ashton in Makerfield. I'm Luca from the Lotus Eaters reporting on the ground here and we're going to be going door-to-door canvassing today with Restore Britain patriots and activists on the ground to get a flavour for what the public concerns are for the people of Makerfield, the issues that they're going to be deciding their vote on on the doorstep and also hopefully as well getting an idea of how they feel about the general state of Britain.
00:00:30.000right now and society as a whole as well. So looking forward to getting out there and we'll
00:00:35.560come back to you with some good interviews. Hello and welcome to this interview with political
00:00:40.640commentator Lucy White. Lucy, you travelled up last night, didn't you? And you've come here to
00:00:45.780join us for the campaigning around Makerfield and knocking on the doors and getting the message out.
00:00:51.280You also were telling me before we went live that you spoke to Restore Britain candidate Rebecca
00:00:56.520Shepard. So tell me, what were your impressions of meeting Rebecca Shepard this morning?
00:01:02.260Well, I'd say Rebecca Shepard is very authentic. That's the main impression I got across. She's
00:01:06.860very concerned about women's safety. And she said to me, actually, she said,
00:01:11.640Lucy, I'm so glad you're here, because we need more women in politics, quite frankly.
00:01:17.100Women's safety is a key issue. And why would women vote for policies that allow
00:01:22.600these dangerous men into our country because of course men are impacted as we've seen with the
00:01:28.080beheading attempted beheading situation in Belfast but of course women have suffered a lot from a lot
00:01:34.660of cases of rapes over the last however many decades but going back to this particular case of
00:01:40.980the attempted beheading of a man in Belfast well this lunatic was from Sudan he was an illegal
00:01:50.120migrant from Sudan, who Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman, they oversaw that he had legality
00:01:57.880through a visa in our country, lasting five years. And this was only granted in 2023.
00:02:03.700And what's of utmost importance for the voters of Makerfield to understand
00:02:09.040is that Suella and Robert Jenrick are in reform. So why on earth would anyone vote
00:02:14.960for reform when they are the ones that brought in such Sudanese migrants who are on the streets
00:02:21.940killing our people and of course Labour how could anyone vote for Labour for Andy Burnham
00:02:27.120after this party has allowed the Pakistani rape gangs to happen for decades and when in fact it
00:02:33.120is Rupert Lowe and Restore Britain who are the only party that have actually done a rape gang
00:02:37.520inquiry and that will actually deport millions of these dangerous migrants I'm not happy to be
00:02:44.140in a country where I don't feel safe and nor are you and nor are the voters of Makerfield having
00:02:48.420spoken to them this morning. And so I strongly believe and I genuinely believe Restore Britain
00:02:54.140is the only way we can democratically get ourselves out of this mess. We saw the riots
00:02:59.260in Belfast. We've seen the protests up and down the country. No one wants to live like this. And
00:03:04.200so Restore Britain is the only way we can democratically get our way out of a situation.
00:03:08.880And do you get this feeling that based on everything you're saying about the fact that
00:03:13.660you obviously have Labour being entirely captured by the establishment and certainly that reform
00:03:19.160have taken in a lot of establishment figures. Does this point to the fact that with Rebecca
00:03:25.520Shepard being kept off of the panel at the local Maker Field Question Time event, that actually
00:03:31.800the establishment realised that there is something to be kept at bay here that's truly meaningful
00:03:37.540with Restore Britain? Yes, I mean, my first impression was how can BBC Question Time have
00:03:44.680the Liberal Democrat candidate and the Tory candidate when they are polling much lower than
00:03:50.440Restore Britain? It just tells you that they have decided to deliberately exclude Restore Britain
00:03:57.100because I think it's because they see Restore as a threat to themselves. Rupert has actively said
00:04:04.580he believes the BBC should be defunded because they are a contained establishment media which
00:04:11.700put out vicious lies to the British public. And so on one hand, you could say, well,
00:04:18.340at least Restore Britain is not having to associate with the BBC because, you know,
00:04:24.000I don't think they can be trusted. On the other hand, yes, it does signal that the fact that
00:04:28.040Restore Britain was not invited is because the BBC is threatened. The BBC know that Restore
00:04:34.060Britain is not some little pop-up party it is a real deal they have seen the results in Great
00:04:39.220Yarmouth where we won 10 out of 10 of the seats that we stood for but not only did we win we could
00:04:44.880have halved the votes that we had and still won we won by a landslide and so essentially I think
00:04:52.200they see Makerfield they know that we're a new party and so that they know that the polling is
00:04:56.640not going to be accurate they know that Restore Britain will tap in to voters who have never voted
00:05:01.180before or who have been too disillusioned by the establishment to vote in recent decades and so I
00:05:08.040do believe we're going to see a surge of people coming out in Makerfield and voting for Restore
00:05:13.560Britain because they are absolutely fed up with the establishment. They are fed up of seeing what
00:05:19.280happened to Henry Novak, what happened in Belfast, what happened with Axel Ruder-Cabana. The list goes
00:05:24.620on and on and on. They've had enough and as I said this is the only way to democratically get out of
00:05:30.080this nightmare that we're living in. This reality is so extreme that we need real change. And the
00:05:37.780BBC knows that the real change offered is only offered by Restore Britain. And that's why
00:05:41.960Restore was excluded from question time. And what's your impression been then so far on the
00:05:47.720ground today? I'd say it's been very welcoming, to be honest with you. We've had lots of cars and
00:05:53.900lorries and vans honking at us with support. We've had thumbs up. We've had people cheering us on.
00:05:59.780it's just been delightful you you come to a pub people are just more than happy to welcome you
00:06:05.360with open arms they're just happy that we're here on the ground um we've had you know people know
00:06:11.640Restore Britain uh they know who we are they recognize us and they're just grateful honestly
00:06:17.040I think the word is grateful they're just grateful that we're here because they know
00:06:21.000that we are offering real change and that is what they have been missing for the last goodness knows
00:06:26.780how many decades wonderful well lucy thank you for your time and uh good luck campaigning out
00:06:32.400there yes so we still have um another week to go but i think the momentum is here we've got
00:06:38.060everything to play for and i strongly believe this weekend we're going to have a large number
00:06:42.980of supporters on the ground and i believe with that all the way running up to the 18th of june
00:06:47.720we're going to shock the establishment they won't see this coming well we certainly hope so well it's
00:06:54.580It's now the Wednesday evening, we've been going about door to door, people have been
00:06:59.220warmly received with smiles here and there, obviously there's many posters about in people's
00:07:04.960windows, we've seen reform, we've seen restore, we've seen labour of course, but one of the
00:07:10.080things that I think has been most interesting for me and what I've found here as I've been
00:07:14.540going about is not necessarily the banner of one party or another, but just as I've
00:07:19.900been going about the streets seeing how many flags there are from the lampposts, from people
00:07:24.580windows atop of houses outside of pubs on fences just England flags and Britain flags all over the
00:07:32.020place and so it's clear that there is a very proud sense of patriotism here in Makerfield which like
00:07:39.120everything else with the flag campaign is not being addressed by the establishment. Hello I'm
00:07:44.400here in the Brin Community Centre and I'm here speaking to John. Now John you're you're from
00:07:50.400Wigan originally and I've lived in Wigan all my life up to about three years ago uh moved up to
00:07:56.700South Lakes but I'm still uh connected the community with family and friends and that and
00:08:01.820you know care about this place a lot yeah and you were saying to me as well before we um started
00:08:07.240recording the interview that you're um you're obviously going to camp you've come down to
00:08:11.540campaign for Restore Britain and that this is your first time really getting involved in politics in
00:08:17.460that way before so can I ask what what was it about Restore Britain that made you you know sort
00:08:23.360of answer that call and want to get involved in such a way? Well I watch politics a lot on TV on
00:08:29.500YouTube and whatever but then you know I've heard Rupert Law speak of he can't do it alone and we
00:08:37.340all need to do our bit and it resonated with me and I think yeah you're right you know if you can
00:08:43.180do something you've got to just try and do a little bit somehow and I thought I've got to try
00:08:47.120get down i'm going on holiday next week i can't do it next week it's got to be today so i'm here
00:08:51.760yeah and um of of the things that rupert lowe has been saying what what is it about his message
00:08:58.060that's been cutting through with you what what are the issues that he's speaking to specifically
00:09:02.720that you feel that the other candidates such as rob kenyon and of course the tories and
00:14:45.380Wednesday is one of the quieter days of canvassing and campaigning but come the weekend and you know
00:14:53.340the day's rolling on I based on the flavor of energy we've got today I think we're in for good
00:14:59.960things ahead. Hello I'm here with Matt Slocum of Restore Britain you've been at this for quite a
00:15:06.620while now haven't you helping Rupert get together and actually helping to put together the policy
00:15:12.100document on british pubs and so i was just hoping to ask you a question or two about how that
00:15:17.800message is being received in pubs around makerfield yeah i mean it was a absolute honor to
00:15:23.740you know help um help the team produce our pub policy document i've 25 years experience behind
00:15:29.100bars so um uh yeah very it's just crucial to the life but of britain um the pub uh it's quite
00:15:35.620simple it's where we celebrate it's where we commiserate it's where we laugh and cry
00:15:39.120and um we really will be crying if the british pub is lost it is vital um and just the knock-on
00:15:45.520effect for all communities societies it's not just a pint of beer it's where people go to
00:15:50.380you know just to be part of a society so it's vital and you know evident in makerfield um
00:15:56.200unfortunately there are too many pubs shut um it's great to be in a lovely garden with one that's
00:16:00.000still open in the sunshine um after a good day on the door so you know but i was took out um
00:16:05.500Rebecca, our fantastic candidate, local candidate, took a couple of the pubs last Sunday, actually, and just rang ahead, make sure landlords had time to speak to us.
00:16:13.900And I was really, really taken, actually, that a lot of, again, some real heartland areas where you think it would be sort of all labour.
00:16:20.320And they were like, no, come on in, it'd be nice to speak to you.
00:16:22.100And then we gave them lots of time, explain what we were going to try and do locally and also obviously explaining our pub policy nationally.
00:16:28.820And they were very receptive to it and they liked what Rebecca had to say.
00:16:32.400and yeah it was really well received and very interesting they all said Rebecca please come
00:16:37.000back and see our customers and again knowing what it's like for a landlord or a landlady to put
00:16:40.900there you know to put it out there and to sort of say to people because politics and pubs they're
00:16:45.840always spoken about but as someone who is involved you've got to be careful sometimes about what
00:16:50.120you know what you do say because you're worried about the effect it's going to have on your
00:16:53.060business and I think that happens in businesses everywhere actually people putting their hand up
00:16:56.780and their head up and you know saying what they think is wrong and the effect that has so it was
00:17:01.180really welcoming that those publicans were really open to those to those chats and yeah very
00:17:05.600welcoming and loved like to hear what we had to say so yeah very pleased how it went down
00:17:09.000also as well from my experience often when you go into a pub you can't help but catch on your ear
00:17:15.320just the sound of some table somewhere discussing current affairs discussing politics you know
00:17:20.920getting a temperature for the mood of the country and so I was just wondering as well if you thought
00:17:26.660that amongst all of this as well, that this is some of the reason why Labour and the Tories have
00:17:34.240been so negligent in terms of the state of the pub over those years, because they perhaps don't like
00:17:40.100people coming together to discuss political issues of our day. Well, it seems like there's a, yeah,
00:17:45.440I guess if you put on your tinfoil hat or something, or go down the odd rabbit hole, you think,
00:17:49.880why don't they want us to congregate? Why don't they want us to all get together and plot and
00:17:53.980scheme haven't the best plots and schemes been you know from d-day invasions to to failed plots
00:17:59.380to blow up parliament they've all been done in in the pub haven't they um no look i've said for a
00:18:04.080long time i think the policies especially that restore britain have put up are the they're
00:18:08.940solving the problems that the british people have been moaning about over the bar certainly my bar
00:18:13.920um for 15 20 years they are the issues every day every 4 30 5 o'clock they come back stressed from
00:18:20.500work the issues the problems we face every day it's you know every parliament every pub is a
00:18:25.360parliament full stop and those moans and groans um they're everywhere they're in every pub over
00:18:32.260the land and restore have now got policies not just around the pub but the major issues uh that
00:18:37.040are facing the country we're now we're sorting those out we have policies that are actually
00:18:40.540going to change it and they need to be wholesale changes you know that's hence restore that's what
00:18:46.140has to happen and we'll start the pubs if necessary but no you know these policies are out there
00:18:50.800and they're the moans that people have had for a long long time so vote Restore Britain and we can
00:18:55.320make some changes. Wonderful and one last question if I may as regards to the slew of policies that
00:19:01.940of course Restore Britain are proposing you've of course been out in Makerfield for since the
00:19:07.280beginning of the campaign haven't you going about and so would you tell me a bit about how you felt
00:19:11.960that they've been received on the door and whether or not you're encouraged by the reception?
00:19:16.140I've been tremendously encouraged by the reception. I think, you know, Mr. Burnham chose his seat for a reason.
00:19:22.520You know, he wanted to be anointed, I think, as the King of the North.
00:19:26.360And I don't think that's gone down particularly well with a lot of the voters, actually.
00:19:30.280Well, if you become my MP, we were quite happy with the last one, I think, as quite a few people have said.
00:19:36.720You know, is he going to be here? What's he going to do? Yeah, I don't think that's going down particularly well.
00:19:41.660And what's also been apparent is a lot of people have sort of gone, no, I'm not happy with that.
00:19:46.140So I was going to go reform, but I've now done a bit of digging around in there and I'm not so keen on what I'm seeing there either.
00:19:53.580And then when we talk about the option of restore and Rebecca locally and then what Rupert and the party are planning for our national policies, they resonate very well.
00:20:02.480So I think it's all about, like everything for our movement now, is people need to be brave and they need to put their hand up, put their head above the parapet and say,
00:20:11.660no, I'm going to vote for something I genuinely believe in and I genuinely think will restore Great Britain.
00:20:17.420Wonderful. Well, thank you very much for your insights.