Restore Britain Watcher 🇬🇧

Restore Britain Watcher 🇬🇧

Topic: Restore Britain (far-right party, split from Reform UK, more extreme on immigration) Created: 2026-06-05 Frequency: Every hour 07:00-23:00 (at :12 past the hour) Delivery: Discord alerts (discord:beanfarmer) Cron Schedule: 12 7-23 * * * Status: ✅ Active

Context

Restore Britain emerged in mid-2026 as a more hardline alternative to Reform UK. Led by figures like Ben Habib, they've pledged "the most ambitious programme of mass deportations ever seen in Britain" and are seen as pulling Reform further right.

Setup Summary

• Watcher config: ~/.hermes/scripts/watcher-configs/restore-britain.json
• Watcher script: ~/.hermes/scripts/watcher-restore-britain.sh
• Cron job: 12 7-23 * * * (hourly 7am-11pm)
• Delivery: Discord DMs
• State dir: ~/.hermes/cron/watcher-state/restore-britain/
• Summary MD: ~/Desktop/Politics/UK Politics/restore-britain-summary.md
• BookStack: UK Politics book 3, page ID 47

Key Queries

• Restore Britain party
• Restore UK politics
• Ben Habib Restore
• Restore mass deportations
• Restore vs Reform UK
• far-right Britain 2026

Breaking News Triggers

• Restore MP elected
• Restore wins seat
• Reform defection Restore
• Restore manifesto
• Restore general election

State Files

• .last_seen — SHA256 hashes of seen headlines (prevents duplicates)
• .last_seen_titles — cleaned titles for fuzzy matching (85% threshold)
• .last_trigger — cooldown timestamp (2h normal, 4h breaking)
• digest-YYYY-MM-DD.log — daily event log

Initial Seed (2026-06-05)

First run captured baseline headlines to establish state. Subsequent runs only alert on genuinely new stories.

Related Watchers

• UK Politics Watcher (broader UK coverage)
• Welsh/Scottish/NI/Irish Politics Watchers (devolved nations)

BookStack Sync

Summary page synced to BookStack UK Politics book. Updated manually or via synthesizer cron if added later.