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We are running out of time. Britain is slipping through our fingers, and if we sit by and do nothing, our nation shall serve as a cautionary tale for future generations of how a once-great empire can collapse entirely in the space of a few short decades.

We are governed by traitors. Our people have forgotten who they are. Our culture is debased and ridiculed at every turn. We live in times of hardship and struggle; but in the chaos lies tremendous potential. In spite of it all, there is no time I would rather be alive.

My name is Charlie Downes. I am a writer, public speaker, activist, and political strategist. I believe Britain is the most beautiful country on Earth, and that the British people are the bearers of the greatest civilisation this world has ever known. We are surrounded on all sides by existential threats, and we can rely on nobody but ourselves to overcome them. If we fail, we will lose everything; but if we succeed, anything is possible.

This Substack is a place for us to explore this challenge — and the solutions to it — in greater depth.

I write about British politics, national identity, history, culture, Christianity, and the future of Western civilisation. Some essays will concern the immediate political battles of our age. Others will examine the ideas, traditions, and historical forces that have shaped our present circumstances.

Underlying it all is a simple conviction: that the decline of our nation is neither inevitable nor irreversible, but that its renewal will require something far more radical than a mere change of government.

My ambition is to contribute to the intellectual and political foundations of that restoration.

About me

I am the Spokesman and Campaigns Director of Restore Britain, the political party led by Rupert Lowe MP. I am also Restore’s parliamentary candidate for Sittingbourne and Sheppey.

This publication is written in a personal capacity. It is a place for arguments and ideas that cannot always be adequately expressed in a tweet or interview.

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