UK Reform

In a candid interview this February (2026), MP Rupert Lowe sat down with Peter McCormack to offer a grim analysis of the British political establishment. Drawing on nearly two years of firsthand experience—most notably as a member of the Public Accounts Committee—Lowe characterised the modern state not as a public servant, but as an entity that has effectively turned against the interests of the citizens it is meant to represent. Calculated Incompetence Lowe rejects the idea that persistent government failure is merely the result of clumsy management. Instead, he believes the system is intentionally designed to foster public reliance on the state. Influenced by collectivist ideologies, which he links to the Fabian Society’s impact on the Labour Party, Lowe argues that lawmakers have cultivated a, "dependency culture", to undermine individual self-reliance and consolidate state control. The Stagnation of Westminster Lowe took aim at the Conservative Party, asserting that...