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Nigel Farage said he will “never turn his back on my team” as he invited Restore Britain supporters to get behind his outfit. The Reform UK leader said “only one party truly has the possibility of delivering change”.

But he conceded he will need Restore Britain’s supporters to back him if he is to win the next General Election. It comes after Rupert Lowe appeared to offer his rival, Mr Farage, an olive branch to end their bitter feud. The former Reform UK MP, who set up Restore Britain after a dramatic bust up, said millions of people “see a patriotic right hopelessly divided”. Mr Lowe, the former Chairman of Southampton FC, said he was willing to put their differences aside and work with Reform UK again – if five demands were met.

He called for Britain’s immigration crisis to be “reversed”, for “demographic security”, a referendum on the death penalty, “restoring a self-sufficient Britain” and boosting faith in politics.

Mr Farage said: “Patriotic voters believe in many of the same things, but only one party truly has the possibility of delivering change.

“To deliver that change, I understand Reform UK will need the support of people from other parties, as well as millions who have never voted before. That is the broad coalition I am building.

“Over the last 18 months, I have demonstrated that our movement will always be open to anyone who shares our commitment to restoring Britain’s borders, rebuilding our economy, renewing our democracy and putting the British people first.

“My previous history in politics has also shown that I am always prepared to put country before party, as I did in 2019. But I will never turn my back on my team.”

An ally of Mr Farage yesterday accused Mr Lowe of seeking “relevance” because Restore Britain is not proving popular enough.

Gawain Towler, who sits on Reform UK’s board, added: “We should be clear about what happened this morning. A man of sixty-eight, a man elected twice on the coattails of Nigel Farage, who has spent eighteen months declaring that his purpose was the destruction of Nigel Farage, has looked at 8.7% in a nationally ignored by-election and concluded that his moment is now or never.”

Mr Towler said Restore has some policy positions that Mr Farage would never accept – such as banning Kosher food.

It comes after the Greater Manchester Mayoral Election, where Restore beat the Conservatives into fourth place – behind Labour, Reform and the Greens.

Allies of Mr Lowe praised the move.