You wait ages for a right-wing movement to come along – and then two do so at once. Former MEPs Ben Habib and Rupert Lowe both launched rival outlets yesterday. Habib now leads ‘Advance UK’, a political party whose first aim is to reach 30,000 members. Meanwhile, Lowe has started ‘Restore Britain’, a ‘bottom-up movement’ which welcomes members from all parties. It aims to start legal challenges, fund investigative journalists and champion whistleblowers.

Both are ex-Reformers who came off worst in a fight with Nigel Farage

The two movements share several key features. The first is a championing of direct democracy, with both Advance and Restore urging members to........

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