‘Indians, Pakistanis are taking our jobs’: UK MP’s ‘racist’ remarks prompt internet to recall Britain’s colonial history | Today’s news
A British MP has become embroiled in controversy after making provocative remarks against immigrants, specifically “Indians and Pakistanis” residing in the United Kingdom. Rupert Lowe recently founded the ‘Renew Britain’ party, which emphasizes reforming the UK’s immigration policy.
“If that makes me a racist, so be it”
Lowe argued that Britain should stop importing “millions of Pakistanis and Indians”, claiming they were taking British jobs away. “I don’t believe we should be importing millions of Pakistanis and Indians to do jobs that unemployed Brits should be doing,” he wrote on X.
“If that makes me a racist, so be it,” he added.
In an earlier post, Lowe said that traveling through parts of North West England felt like being “transported to a foreign land”.
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“It didn’t happen by accident – it was a deliberate decision by Labour, Reform and Tory politicians to import millions of low-skilled migrants from the third world. This is a growing problem. It’s getting worse, not better. Fast,” he claimed.
‘This is NOT normal’
Lowe also made remarks aimed at the Muslim community in the UK, saying he “disgusted” to see “men walking around with two, three, four women in burkinis”. He further claimed that Manchester’s “high streets” were becoming “Islamic” and described immigration as a form of “colonization”.
“This is NOT normal,” he said. “British family businesses are being driven out and it’s a takeover. Colonisation. Ratcliffe was right,” added the independent MP, referring to Manchester United co-owner and billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s controversial claim that the UK had been “colonised by immigrants”.
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Lowe further argued that British women no longer felt safe walking through such areas. “Once their streets. Can you blame them? Men from cultures and societies that treat women like shit are now the majority in these places… The demographic reality is hitting hard. These people are having more children. Many more children, very often at taxpayers’ expense. That’s just a fact. One that no one else in Parliament will even touch on,” he argued.
In a call to “restore Britain”, Lowe added: “Ban the burqa, sharia courts, cousin marriages, halal slaughter, dominant public prayers. Turn to mass immigration. Deport foreign Islamists. End political Islam. We’re told to shut up and just accept it – even accept it. Not anymore. We refuse. Restore Britain, I’ll do what it takes.
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How social media users reacted:
His comments quickly sparked backlash online, with several social media users accusing him of “racism” and pointing to Britain’s colonial history.
One user wrote: “Why aren’t unemployed Brits taking jobs? Sort it out and then go through your ideas.”
Another commented: “Sounds racist because it specifically targets nationalities/ethnicities. However, a country favoring employment for its own citizens is not racist. That’s the difference.”
A third user wrote: “I should have considered that what you attack will follow you home when your country has ripped the royal crown jewels from the grasp of people who have absolutely nothing, in addition to many other heinous atrocities.”
