Restore Britain has admitted a high‑profile American white supremacist as a member, despite the fact he is banned from entering the UK for his extremist views.
Jared Taylor, founder of the neo‑nazi‑aligned American Renaissance, announced on X that he had successfully joined the party.
Banned from Britain
He posted: “I just joined Restore Britain. Apparently you can become a party member without being a British citizen. You can be a member even if you are banned from Britain, as I am!”
His declaration came as Restore Britain MP Rupert Lowe claimed the party had surpassed 90,000 members and was on track to reach 100,000 within two weeks of its launch.
Taylor was excluded from the UK in 2015 due to his promotion of neo-nazi views and his longstanding advocacy of white supremacy. The Home Office at the time described his presence in the country as “not conducive to the public good”.
Back route
Since then, however, he entered the country last year to speak at the Patriotic Alternative annual conference, travelling the ‘back route’ from Ireland.
Despite Searchlight writing that he was making the trip, the Home Office appeared to make no move to find and deport him while he was here.
Then we described in November how he now appeared to be able to travel freely in Europe despite being banned from entering the Schengen area in 2019.
Extensive ties
His organisation, American Renaissance, has for decades acted as a hub for the US far right, hosting conferences attended by neo‑nazis, Ku Klux Klan figures and European identitarian activists.
Taylor himself has repeatedly argued that Black people are inherently less intelligent than white people, a claim rooted in discredited eugenics.
Searchlight has previously documented Taylor’s extensive ties to the British far right. He has collaborated with UK extremists, published their work, and platformed them at American Renaissance events.
His writings have circulated widely among British white nationalists, and in the past he has maintained contact with activists linked to the BNP, the London Forum and other hard‑right networks.
More recently, he has been closely linked with Patriotic Alternative, and spoke at their conference last October, along with another restore Britain member, Steve Laws, who is now a leading voice in the ‘Rupert Lowe is our leader’ neo-nazi faction on the far right.
Joining Restore shows how closely Taylor now likes to associate with the young neo-nazi online scene including the likes of Steve Laws.
Flood of nazis
Restore Britain’s decision to allow non‑citizens – including, it appears, individuals barred from entering the country – to join the party raises further questions about the flood of neo-nazis, extreme racists and holocaust deniers into its ranks.
Taylor’s public celebration of his membership will put more pressure on Rupert Lowe, who is already facing the dilemma of what to do about the likes of outright fascists and neo-nazis like Homeland Party refugees Steve Laws, Callum Barker and ‘Zoomer Historian’ Sam Wilkes, given that he has previously criticised Nigel Farage for vetting Reform candidates and members.
