Reform and Restore are both hard right and poisonous – but their differences could be their undoing | Andy Beckett

It is not enough to revile them both. Understanding the personal and ideological divergence is essential to taking back the ground they now occupy For all their claims to be mould-breaking politicians, the feuding Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe are in many ways predictable and traditional rightwingers. Two wealthy white men in their 60s from southern England, with private educations and previous careers in the City, they were once members of the Conservative party – before, like many in their d...

By Andy Beckett