Reform MP Rupert Lowe has hit back at the Home Secretary claiming “we represent the British people,’ after she launched a scathing attack on the Conservative Party and Reform UK, branding them as “right-wing wreckers”.
Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe swiftly responded to Cooper’s comments, rejecting the “right-wing” label.
Speaking to GB News, Lowe said: “We are not right wing. We are simply representative of the British people.”
Cooper accused both parties of undermining respect for the law and attempting to “fracture the very bonds that keep communities safe”.
Rupert Lowe was left fuming by the scathing comments
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Lowe criticised the Labour Party, stating: “I don’t think in the history of this country we’ve ever been led by such left wing, virtue signalling, pork barrelling clowns.”
He warned that if Labour fails to address public concerns about immigration, “we will be doing to Labour what we did to the Tories last time, and red wall seats will all go to reform.”
Cooper highlighted the concept of “two-tier policing”, which she described as a theory that police are biased in favour of left-wing or minority protesters.
The Home Secretary expressed shock at the response from “political parties on the Right who once claimed to care about law and order”, accusing them of undermining police integrity and authority.
Cooper referenced last year’s events, stating: “If you remember back in the run-up to Armistice Day last year, disgraceful slurs made against the police – which made it harder for them to do their job – were treated as a sacking offence for a Tory home secretary.”
Yvette Cooper said Reform is right wing
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She added that these same slurs have now “become an article of faith for every Tory leadership contender”.
In her speech, Cooper outlined Labour’s plans for safer streets, including new powers to tackle anti-social behaviour, shoplifting, and off-road bikes.
The Government pledged to make city and town centre areas “zero-tolerance” zones for anti-social behaviour.
Rupert Lowe said that Reform “represents the British people”
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Police will be given authority to issue respect orders, a revamped form of Asbos, allowing them to ban persistent offenders from city centres. Breaching these orders could result in fines or community payback punishments.
Cooper emphasised Labour’s commitment to treating violence against women and girls as a “national emergency”.
She declared, “We cannot, and we will not, let the next generation of women and girls face the same violence as the last. Our daughters deserve better than this.”
The Home Secretary also promised more neighbourhood police in communities as part of the government’s “mission” for safer streets.
