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Rupert Lowe

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Yapper73 · 09/07/2026 19:09

To think he should resign for this blatant lie that suits his agenda. What an absolute arse.

He was on Joe Rogans podcast and the headlines are true. https://news.sky.com/story/fury-as-restore-britain-leader-rupert-lowe-describes-dunblane-tragedy-as-one-murder-13561888

This is from the transcript of the podcast. He actually said it - “ffectively, they are trying to make that very difficult through the licensing laws for guns. As you probably know, they banned handguns.
The 90s, right?
In the late 90s, because there was a murder up in Dunblane.
One murder.
One murder. So everybody, my father used to shoot pistols for Oxford University, and he had, he's dead now, bless him, but he had, all his pistols were taken away, the gun, the pistols he used to shoot with at Oxford University. I mean, we now have a society which needs radical change, and we need to release the individual.”

From The Joe Rogan Experience: #2524 - Rupert Lowe, 8 Jul 2026
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-joe-rogan-experience/id360084272?i=1000775995609&r=1741
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#2524 - Rupert Lowe

#2524 - Rupert Lowe

Podcast Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 8 July · 2h 10m

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2524-rupert-lowe/id360084272?i=1000775995609

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VivienneDelacroix · 09/07/2026 22:52

I was almost riled into replying to the despicable comments from one pp, however i reminded myself that Ive pledged not to argue with trolls or bots.

Rupert Lowe's surname is a perfect example of nominative determinism.

ukgone2pot · 09/07/2026 22:46

I watched the interview and believe what he meant was one event.

I don't agree with everything he says but he does make some very valid points.

buffyajp · 09/07/2026 22:34

FunStork · 09/07/2026 19:36

I think people are pretending to be upset about something irrelevant because they don't like the man who said it.

Labour and Green MPs say some truly offensive things every day and nobody cares.

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Don’t you dare tell me that I’m faking upset. I remember Dunblane happening vividly and although I wasn’t a parent then or part of the community it was absolutely horrific. You do NOT get to accuse decent people of faking emotions just because you don’t care about the deaths of five and six year olds and their heroic teacher whose last act was to try and protect them. This is not a top trump’s competition of which tragedy is worse.

TooBigForMyBoots · 09/07/2026 22:17

Has he apologised yet?

downtheroadcat · 09/07/2026 21:43

Mr Lowe.
It is better to remain silent and for people to think you are a fool than to speak and confirm it.

Thechateau · 09/07/2026 21:38

Disgusting man who knew full well what he was doing.

Springflowers3 · 09/07/2026 21:28

TofuTheCat · 09/07/2026 19:49

You can ‘think’ all you want, and presume to tell me what I do and don’t believe.

You are also assuming those of us who find this repugnant are doing so on the basis of political beliefs.

His comments and how they have been received are not ‘irrelevant’ in any way, shape or form. In fact, in regards to his platform, I would say they are hugely relevant.

If he really stood for the rights of women and children to live in safety as he so frequently professes he does, he wouldn’t have diminished the horrific murders (plural) of young children at Dunblane.

And for the record, I would find those comments loathsome, no matter the political background of the person who said it.

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This…..

And anyone who is defending him - what the actual fuck?

I remember exactly where I was when the news started to come in. I know Dunblane too. The absolute horror of that day has never left me and to hear a British politician diminish that because his poor old dad was inconvenienced. Well what a shame for him.

The response to this tragedy is one thing our country absolutely got right.

Locutus2000 · 09/07/2026 21:10

dapsnotplimsolls · 09/07/2026 20:11

Reddit probably.

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Reddit tends to ask for receipts.

QueenOfHiraeth · 09/07/2026 20:40

Yapper73 · 09/07/2026 19:58

It was not just incorrect it was willfully distorting the facts for his own gain in the US. To make the UK’s handgun laws seem extreme.

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I do agree with you but any number of the MPs who have made "misleading" comments and not corrected them could have also have made them with ulterior motives. The man is despicable but I suspect he is not alone

catmothertes1 · 09/07/2026 20:35

chipsandpeas · 09/07/2026 19:30

do you think its acceptable what.he said since you describe it as a slip of the toungue?
he had a chance to clarify but doubled down on One Murder

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There is no way it was a slip of the tongue. Most people seeking to minimise what happened would describe it "an event" or "an incident and not go into more details (where/how many/young young the children were) but saying "one murder" was clearly done on purpose,to be controversial.

TooBigForMyBoots · 09/07/2026 20:27

millymollymoomoo · 09/07/2026 19:47

He’s a great man
and he speaks the truth unless our media, police and most politicians

thankfully someone does

Hes a lying scumbag. One murder?🤯🤯🤯

noctilucentcloud · 09/07/2026 20:16

FunStork · 09/07/2026 19:27

Mumsnet - the middle class women's forum where a bloke doing a slip of the tongue in which he said 'one murder' instead of 'one series of murders' gets more coverage than the 250,000 working class women and girls who got raped that his report detailed.

Except he was asked if he meant one murder which would allow for a correction if he really meant one series of murders.

I have a few things I dislike about is speech. One is that he undermined the horrificness or Dunblane, another being that he equated his Dad's loss of his pistols to the orders of magnitude greater loss of the families in Dunblane, and also because he thinks gun laws should be rolled back when in my opinion we should all be grateful to those involved in the Snowdrop Campaign and that they achieved the ban.

LondonLass61 · 09/07/2026 20:16

He is from a certain class, many of whom love to shoot and who are very opposed to gun bans, fox hunting bans etc. The difference is, now, he feels confident enough to voice that opinion.
Banning guns after Dunblane is one of the best things that the uk has ever done and my USA friends often refer to it after school shootings over there.

dapsnotplimsolls · 09/07/2026 20:11

MandingoAteMyBaby · 09/07/2026 20:09

What 250,000 ? Where did you get that number from ?

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Reddit probably.

dapsnotplimsolls · 09/07/2026 20:10

Charys · 09/07/2026 20:01

Isn’t he funded by Elon m? Did he say ‘ one murderer? ‘

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He said 'one murder' and he said it twice.

MandingoAteMyBaby · 09/07/2026 20:09

FunStork · 09/07/2026 19:39

I'm slightly more bothered about the 250,000 girls who were raped than him saying 'one murder' instead of 'one murderous act'.

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What 250,000 ? Where did you get that number from ?

Simonjt · 09/07/2026 20:08

millymollymoomoo · 09/07/2026 19:47

He’s a great man
and he speaks the truth unless our media, police and most politicians

thankfully someone does

I wouldn’t be quite so proud about outing yourself as a raging antisemite.

Lets hope a charity rowing event doesn’t have the misfortune of rowing past you.

Charys · 09/07/2026 20:01

dapsnotplimsolls · 09/07/2026 19:51

He wants funding from the US gun lobby etc.

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Isn’t he funded by Elon m? Did he say ‘ one murderer? ‘

randomchap · 09/07/2026 19:59

FunStork · 09/07/2026 19:39

I'm slightly more bothered about the 250,000 girls who were raped than him saying 'one murder' instead of 'one murderous act'.

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You don't have to defend him, or deflect. You can say he's completely wrong in this respect and that doesn't change that report.

TofuTheCat · 09/07/2026 19:58

dapsnotplimsolls · 09/07/2026 19:51

He wants funding from the US gun lobby etc.

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Yeah, as much as he seems to despise Farage, he also seems to be copying his tactic of cosying up to the US hard right.

Because neither he or Farage have any ability whatsoever to envisage a conservative-led future that doesn’t look like a carbon copy of America. Plus, it will line his own pockets nicely thanks, just like it does for Farage.

But hey, he’s the working person’s man of the people, right? He’s just like us!

He doesn’t give a flying fuck about ‘the people’.

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Yapper73 · 09/07/2026 19:58

QueenOfHiraeth · 09/07/2026 19:49

It's pretty stupid of him to make such a claim as it will obviously be picked up because many of us will always remember that day. Who holds MPs to account when they do stuff like this outside parliament? Is there something official?

I don't like him or his views but, having said that, if we demand MPs resign every time they make an incorrect statement, there'll be a lot of vacancies in Westminster.

https://fullfact.org/campaigns/mps-who-have-not-corrected-the-record/

It was not just incorrect it was willfully distorting the facts for his own gain in the US. To make the UK’s handgun laws seem extreme.

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JemimaTiggywinkles · 09/07/2026 19:57

Using the appalling crimes against women and girls as mitigation for downplaying the murder of other children is disgusting.

dapsnotplimsolls · 09/07/2026 19:56

FunStork · 09/07/2026 19:51

You must be livid about the 250,000 women and girls who were raped then?

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Source for this figure?

Otherlands · 09/07/2026 19:56

@FunStork you appear to not care about the 16 murdered children and their teacher in Dunblane.

It isn’t possible to have a cogent discussion with someone who responds to that particular event with a completely different subject.

Whatever your motives are on this thread, it certainly doesn’t seem to be concern for women and children.

FunStork · 09/07/2026 19:51

Otherlands · 09/07/2026 19:45

@FunStork I suggest you acquaint yourself with what actually happened in Dunblane.
To use the word ‘irrelevant’ is utterly despicable.

There are people on this forum with direct connections to the children who were murdered that day 30 years ago and their families.
Show some respect. ( if you can)

As for Rupert Lowe, he’s beneath contempt.

You must be livid about the 250,000 women and girls who were raped then?

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