Halal food at the wedding? Hard-right Restore leader's son marries daughter of Libyan academic

Halal food at the wedding? Hard-right Restore leader's son marries daughter of Libyan academic Submitted by Imran Mulla on Tue, 05/26/2026 - 11:21 Rupert Lowe's party could play decisive role in crucial Makerfield vote, but many online supporters aren't happy about his son's wedding Rupert Lowe photographed in London on 5 July 2024, a day after the general election in which he was elected as MP for Great Yarmouth (AFP) Off Restore Britain, a party led by former Reform MP Rupert Lowe which vows to reverse the "Islamisation of Britain", is receiving more public attention than ever. Enthusiastically endorsed by South African-born billionaire and X owner Elon Musk, Restore has become a significant player in next month's Makerfield by-election, in which Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is standing to be elected as a Labour MP.  If he wins, he is expected to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the premiership. A Survation poll late last week put Labour on 43 percent, Reform on 40 percent and Restore in third place on 7 percent.  Much of Restore's momentum has come from the internet, particularly X, on which Lowe and other accounts associated with the party have hundreds of thousands of followers. Restore has promised to reverse the "Islamisation of Britain", ban halal and kosher slaughter, and achieve "net-negative" migration levels through a strategy of mass deportation. But Lowe is now being widely attacked by many of his own fans online, as well as others on the ethnonationalist right, over his son's marriage last weekend. On Sunday, Lowe posted a photo on X of his son, Angus Lowe, with his new wife Yasmin Mezran at their wedding ceremony. Outrage...

Original source: Middle East Eye