The founder of far-right party Restore Britain now has greater reach on social media platform X than Nigel Farage, in a sign of how Elon Musk is pulling Britain’s political discourse towards extreme content.
Rupert Lowe has had 10 posts with at least 10mn views since he launched Restore in February. By contrast, Farage has had none, despite having three times as many followers.
The figures, obtained by FT analysis, highlight Restore’s outsized influence online, ahead of the knife-edge Makerfield by-election on June 18.
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