Political earthquake in Wales: Restore overtakes Reform. How do they compare with LePen and AfD?
🟢 Green – 22.9%
🌼 Plaid – 14.7%
🇬🇧 Restore – 13.2% 👈
➡️ Reform – 12.9%
🌹 Labour – 12.8%
🌳 Tory – 9.9%
🔶 LibDem – 4.9%
Why is this significant? The Restore Party is much harder against immigration, especially Islamic immigration. Restore advocates undoing essentially all the immigration of the last 20 years — hence the name, “restore.” Restore is very recent, only started in February 2026 by Rupert Lowe, but is rocketing up the polls.
The Reform UK Party is Nigel Farage’s Party. Nationwide it still tops the polls with 21% support (Restore is at 9%).
Alternative for Germany (AfD)
Position on Islam:
- Explicit: “Islam does not belong to Germany” (official party line)
- Opposes:
- mosque expansion in some contexts
- minarets / calls to prayer
- Frames Islam as a civilisational issue, not just immigration
On Muslim immigration:
- Advocates “remigration” (return of some migrants, including some with residency)
- Strong push for mass deportations of illegal migrants
- Wants very low immigration overall
AfD is openly critical of Islam as a system, not just immigration flows
National Rally (Le Pen)
Position on Islam:
- Framed through French secularism (laïcité)
- Opposes:
- public religious displays (e.g. headscarves in some settings)
- Islamist influence
On Muslim immigration:
- Strong reduction in immigration
- Priority for French citizens (“national preference”)
- Crackdown on Islamist networks
Less blunt than AfD, but still directly targets Islamic practices in public life
Restore Britain (Rupert Lowe)
Position on Islam:
- Harder line on immigration than Reform
- More explicit discussion of:
- cultural compatibility
- Western values vs incoming populations
- Doesn’t yet have AfD-style formal anti-Islam doctrine
- But rhetoric is moving closer in that direction
Immigration:
- “Mass deportations” of illegal migrants
- Ending or radically restricting the asylum system
- Net-negative immigration target
Reform UK (Nigel Farage)
Position on Islam:
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- Concerns about integration and extremism
- Does NOT formally challenge Islam as a religion
- Strong reduction in immigration
- But generally framed within existing legal structures
Immigration:
- Strong reduction in immigration
- But generally framed within existing legal structures
Summary
- AfD: Most direct — openly challenges Islam itself
- Le Pen: Targets Islamic expression through secular law
- Restore: Edging toward cultural/religious critique
- Reform: Stays focused on immigration, avoids religion explicitly