4 min read38 min Linden Kemkaran, leader of one of Reform UK’s most high-profile councils, has said that some voters have “taken their eye off the ball” by being “enticed” by Restore Britain. In an interview with PoliticsHome on the eve of the Reform conference in Birmingham, which started on Thursday, Kemkaran said that people who want a right-wing government will eventually realise that a vote for Restore Britain makes that outcome less likely. Reform figures were initially dismissive about the threat posed by Rupert Lowe’s hard-right party. However, in recent months, there have been clear signs of Restore Britain hurting Farage by taking votes that otherwise probably would have gone to Reform. For example, last Thursday, Green candidate Ingrid Dodd secured a surprise victory in a district by-election in Dover, thanks largely to the right-wing vote splitting three ways between Reform, Restore Britain, and the Conservatives. Reform finished second, just 34 votes behind. At the Markefield by-election in June, Restore Britain got around 7 per cent of the vote. In the end, the scale of Andy Burnham’s victory rendered the …