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Rupert Lowe vows to defund the BBC because Have I Got News For You mocked him and Musk, if you were wondering how far he can spit his dummy

Oonagh Keating. Updated June 1st, 2026

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In case you’d missed it, the former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe had an epic parting of the ways with that party and has started his own – Restore Britain. It’s the preferred British option for Elon Musk’s interference, and currently the furthest right of the parties that get coverage from the mainstream media.

As an emerging player on the political field, Restore is, of course, fair game for the satirists, and on Friday found itself in the comedy crosshairs of Have I Got News For You – alongside their good buddy, Elon Musk.

‘There was an Elon Musk story last week, I think. He’s been complaining about a coming-up film directed by Christopher Nolan, where the part of Helen of Troy is being played by a black actress. He was very upset about this, although she is, indeed, a fictional character.’

‘I think the suggestion that he’s read the Odyssey is pushing it.’

‘I think the only Homer he’s aware of is in the Simpsons.’

‘Lowe was most famous for standing on the cliffs in Great Yarmouth, and said “Look, there’s a boat full of illegal immigrants. Call the coastguard. Which they did, and found it was a charity row… He said “I won’t apologise for my vigilance.”‘

The political right absolutely bristled at the insult.

The man himself had an answer to the perceived problem – defund the BBC.

The BBC have run a sneering attack piece insulting both myself and Elon Musk... A Restore Britain Government will defund the BBC, day one. Let's see who's laughing then.

That may be the first time in more than a year that he’s agreed with Nigel Farage, who has the same goals after Lord Ashcroft convinced him that he’d been banned from Desert Island Discs.

We’re still not buying that describing something Lowe actually did and said counts as an attack piece, and neither were these people.

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