The crowd seemed to be having fun, even though it is plain some of those gathered there have been drawn in because they are deeply disgruntled with the status quo in the UK. A newly joined party member said he was there because Farage "is a breath of fresh air" and current politicians were failing to give younger generations a chance to get on.

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The Reform MP of Ashfield, Lee Anderson, batted away a heckle by saying 'shut up' to a fellow Reform UK member. The video was taken from a Reform UK conference held in Leicester, where members gathered to watch the Reform parliamentarians speak.

Nigel Farage gave a nod to his friend and president-elect Donald Trump during his speech at Reform UK's conference in Leicester.

Watch the moment Nigel Farage's speech is halted as he's informed Reform has now reached 170,000 members.The Reform leader is handed a mobile phone displaying a live ticker of Reform members which reaches the hefty total while he's speaking in Chelmsford,

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