Nigel Farage outlined a number of key dates and areas which would mark significant tipping points for Reform.
Speaking during the Reform conference, the GB News presenter said there were a number of dates and towns across the country that would serve to be game-changers for the Reform party if significant wins were achieved.
He said: “If we get next May right – we can produce a result which is truly astonishing.” He outlined 1 May 2025 and the constituencies of Thurrock and Doncaster as being key game-changing areas for Reform.
He said: “The opportunity is enormous.”
He added next May will be huge for the party as he hopes to take a number of county councils and Brexit heartlands like Doncaster in South Yorkshire as well as Thurrock in Kent.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said the party will need to win “hundreds” of council seats to classify the local elections as a success.
Asked by reporters at the party conference in Birmingham what his benchmark for success would be at next year’s locals, he said: “I’ve got my own little private thought on that, but we will need to win hundreds for it to be a success. It’ll have to be hundreds, and that’s the goal. That’s the end.
“And as I said a moment ago organisationally, that’s a huge feat, but we do have 266 branches that either have been set up, or will be, they’re in process. And without branches, you can’t sign nomination papers, you can’t do anything.
Nigel Farage celebrating after his speech at the party conference
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“Basically, there’s so much I can do at the top, there’s so much Zia can do at the top, Richard can do at the top, but ultimately it is that Lib Dem machine on the ground that we need to build.
“And I’m not saying it’s easy, but I do sense, and you saw it today, these people are genuinely enthusiastic. I mean they really want to do this.”
Asked if Reform was a “taxpayer funded side hustle” due to his voting record in the Commons, Mr Farage said: “As far as the voting is concerned, I voted more than the other party leaders”.