Ray Addison

A huge crowd quickly formed, following Nigel through the market as he spoke to stallholders and handed out signs saying, get Starmer out.

One local butcher liked the slogan so much he hung the sign in his stall.

Shoppers were equally candid when I asked their opinion of the current Prime Minister.

Why?

Keir Starmer's a bad person.

He's no good for this country.

Is there anything in particular you don't like?

He's a wimp.

He's a coward.

He's not fit to be Prime Minister.

He's not fit to be Prime Minister.

Getting him out is rubbish.

As the day drew to a close, the candidate numbers were now clear.

Reform had put up 4,820 candidates, an incredible 95.2% coverage ahead of the Conservatives, Lib Dems and just 80 candidates less than the governing Labour Party.

It's a heck of an achievement for a party that really hasn't been going properly for more than a couple of years.

So well done, all of you.

And I'll keep going to the end.

But this isn't just about numbers on a ballot paper.

It's proof that reform is ready to fight on every front and that May the 7th really can become a national referendum on Keir Starmer's failing leadership, a prime minister who refuses to go even when the country has clearly had enough.

But that's not the end of it.