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"Rupert Lowe, the leader of Restore Britain, is on course to earn as much from
the social media platform X as he does from his salary as an MP, after surging
income from posts that include demands for mass deportations.
Lowe has earned £932 an hour for his posts on X, formerly Twitter, since the
start of the year, according to his own declarations in the register of MPs’
financial interests, which detail how many hours he has spent on X for each
payment he received from the platform.
The figure is more than twice the £377 an hour on average he earned last year.
His hourly rate rose steeply again this summer, reaching £1,476 since the start
of June.
X critics claim it is further evidence that X is favouring and incentivising
divisive political content, pulling the UK’s political discourse to the right.
Elon Musk, the site’s owner, has repeatedly amplified Lowe’s posts.
Under X’s revenue-sharing scheme, premium subscribers such as Lowe are paid
based on the performance of their posts. The scheme resulted in record payouts
last year. The platform recently announced forthcoming changes, designed to
reward original content and commentary.
Lowe’s total income from X since the 2024 general election has now surpassed
£105,000. He earned more than half of that in the first eight months of 2026.
Should his average earnings for 2026 so far continue throughout the year, he
would earn just over £93,000 – close to the current MPs’ £98,599 annual salary.
He could easily exceed that figure should the higher rate of earnings of recent
months persist."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
