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Nigel Farage has pledged “the best is yet to come” after Reform UK’s stunning local election gains. The insurgent party has won more than 1,300 councillors in Thursday’s ballots, which were a bloodbath for Labour.

And the Reform leader now insists that a majority is now possible for his party at the next general election. In a Sunday Express interview, he said: “Yes, it’s all about momentum and, you know, big success if used correctly leads to momentum and that is absolutely our goal, yes.”

He added that there is a “very good chance” of a general election taking place next year, rather than in 2029 when it is due by.

He said the traditional two-party system in Westminster had been “blown apart” in the local elections.

He said the ballots represented the “complete breaking of the old thoughts that Left and Right in British politics are determined by class”.the

Reform won a swathe of seats in Labour’s Red Wall heartlands, as well as success in London with its first borough and taking Essex County Council, which is Tory leader Kemi Badenoch’s local authority.

Mr Farage yesterday compared the wins to clearing Becher’s Brook, a famously difficult jump in the Grand National.

He said: “If we cleared Becher’s Brook and landed well, we go on to win the Grand National.

“What is very clear to me is that our voters will stick with us now all the way through.”