“He should be raising young people’s aspirations. Sadly we’ve got generations of people that have not be able to work.”Many in this faded seaside resort – which has lost out to cheap package deals in the Med – appear to agree.

The campaigner added: “They should be out catching nonces not promoting the f******.”Here in this Essex seaside resort he swept away a stonking 25,000 Tory majority – like a sandcastle disappearing at high tide – to win by more than 8,000 votes.“Britain has accepted too many migrants in the past two years. Do we have extra GP surgeries? No. Do we have more hospitals? No.Wearing the light blue Reform rosette at the count, local councillor Peter Harris, 57, excitedly told me: “This is a historic moment for Clacton and our country.

“There will be some Conservatives who believe that the future lies in uniting the right, and maybe even welcoming him into the party,” Professor Bale said.You can watch it back here.Security firm boss James Burns, 49, told me he backs Reform’s hardline stance on immigration.As the Eminem song suggests, Mr Farage may crave  “controversy”  too much.

At his eighth attempt, the 60-year-old is finally a member of Parliament.A Reform insider conceded to me that the scandal had cost the party several percentage points at the ballot box.

Research for a local health programme showed half of all people over 16 in the town were economically inactive and one in five have never had a job.Restaurant manager Vicki Hart, 24, believes Reform can replace the Conservatives as the main party on the right.“If  you’re in a life boat and it holds 25 people and you say ‘let’s nudge up a bit and put 30 people in’  you wouldn’t then put 50 in because it will sink,” he said.Handy for the local Spoons, the Reform UK HQ in the jaunty Essex resort is where Nigel Farage fomented a stunning electoral smash and grab.Arriving in Britain after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, she said:  “I came here legally.His third place on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! last year helped him reach a new audience. He now has over 810,000 followers on TikTok and has had 14 million likes.

“The country’s going to sink if we keep loading it up. We’re only a small island.”Nigel Farage

“There will obviously be some Conservatives who would see that as anathema and will do everything they can to stop that happening.”Nigel’s been in several times. He’s a nice bloke, very approachable, he’s met the kidsThe dad-of-four said: “There’s no illegal immigrants in Clacton.With a rubber-jawed smirk, he insisted: “The Conservative Party? What a ghastly bunch they are.“I was a Conservative member – but did I leave the party or did it me?Like many in this resort town, James has drifted to live on the coast from London’s East End.IT was a political insurgency plotted from a pokey office above Clacton’s Gaiety Amusement Arcade.

Why Clacton?

The dad-of-two added: “Nigel Farage only focuses on foreigners, boats and migrants. This country is facing bigger problems.His Eminem election theme tune for this election – which he uses like a boxer’s walk out song at rallies  – offers a description of why he wanted to be an MP.Landlord Adrian Brockwell, 46, told me: “Nigel’s been in several times. He’s a nice bloke, very approachable, he’s met the kids.”Political Editor Harry Cole hosted the Piers Morgan Uncensored host and a panel of experts at 10.15pm for a snap reaction to the first indication of the election results.If we all left this street, it would be dead

Mr Farage has been courting the youth vote.James BurnsClacton resident

And his Reform attack dogs have helped savage a wounded Conservative Party across the nation.“This is the end of the Conservative Party,” he brayed. “There is a massive gap on the centre-right of British politics and my job is to fill it.”Mr Farage said the men were drunk after watching an England game and that both had been kicked out of Reform.Little wonder Mr Farage cherry-picked the constituency to break his Westminster duck.While a Reform events organiser George Jones was secretly filmed labelling a Pride flag – displayed on a police car – as “f****** degenerate”.Paul Robinson, 57, who mentors young people, believes Mr Farage has got his priorities wrong.

Divided opinions

The pub boss wants Reform to replace  the Tories as Britain’s party of the right, “Hopefully by 2029”.“I’m hoping he will change Clacton, bring more job opportunities and make Clacton a better place for everyone,” she said.Parking his Audi white with a giant red St George Cross on it outside Reform’s Clacton HQ, Andrew Morgan, 57, said: “We’ve now got an MP now who will do what he says.”Rawa, who arrived in the UK from Iraqi Kurdistan 17 years ago, told me: “If we all left this street it would be dead.””Join them? What a terrible idea.”

Mr Farage’s campaign in Clacton was rocked when an undercover investigation by Channel 4 News revealed Reform canvasser Andrew Parker calling former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a “f***ing p***.”Passing the slot machines and cuddly gonks, Mr Farage liked to board his armoured car for tours down the seafront with Eminem’s Without Me blaring out.“Migrants don’t just come here and sit around doing nothing. I’ve been working pretty much every day since I got here.”The show will return at 8am on Friday to chew over the full results and fallout from the race for No10.

Rawa Ahmad, 32, who runs Baz Cut barbers, points to a string of successful small businesses in Clacton’s centre run by Turkish, Vietnamese, Bangladeshi, Cypriot and Iranian immigrants.Rawa AhmadTurkish barber in Clacton

The dad-of-three added: “We need change. The Conservatives and Labour have had their day.”“He’s not frightened to have a row. We’re sick of people who get elected and then don’t speak up for the people.”Mr Farage dragged the “fruitcakes” and “loonies” of Ukip from a fringe party to a political force which helped usher in Brexit.”What is interesting is, there’s no enthusiasm for Labour, there’s no enthusiasm for Starmer whatsoever.Collaring the cockahoop new MP at his constituency count at Clacton Leisure Centre, I asked him if he’d now like to lead the Tories.Mr Parker – who is an actor – also suggested migrants should be used as “target practice”.“In fact, about half of the vote is simply an anti-Conservative vote.”And he also parked his tank on Labour’s lawn.

Reform scandals

The Jaywick resident added: “I don’t think he’ll be around for long. First class jet or the A12 traffic problems, where would you be? I don’t think he’ll be good for Clacton.”Clacton was one of Brexit’s most fertile breeding grounds. More than 70 per cent voted to quit the EU in 2016’s referendum.Yet, like some evergreen end-of-the-pier act, he couldn’t resist the lure of the spotlight.Will the renegade bad boy of Brexit may now settle down to a more mundane and quiet life as a back bench constituency MP?Wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan Careful Who You Trust! he told me: “You’ve seen Nigel stand up in the European Parliament and tell it how it is. That’s why I voted for him because he’s got a gob on him.For the very best analysis tune in on The Sun’s YouTube page or thesun.co.uk. You won’t want to miss it.For Farage – who supposedly retired from politics in 2016 after the Brexit vote – had initially said he wouldn’t stand in this general election.

I voted for Farage because he’s got a gob on him.
He’s not frightened to have a row. We’re sick of people who get elected and then don’t speak up for the peopleAdrian BrockwellThree Jays landlord

Yet after his stunning result he took deadly aim at the institution once considered the natural party of government.“The country’s under strain. We need to slow down and put a freeze on immigration.Almost 80 miles north-east of London, Clacton has pockets of deprivation including Jaywick, the poorest neighbourhood in England.What is interesting is, there’s no enthusiasm for Labour, there’s no enthusiasm for Starmer whatsoeverThe beer garden of the Three Jays pub in Jaywick is festooned with giant Reform placards reading “Let’s Save Britain.”Reform alleged actor Mr Parker was “a plant” in the new piece but C4 stood by their reporting.Reform now have an East Coast fiefdom, winning Boston and Skegness, Great Yarmouth as well as holding Ashfield in Nottinghamshire.Legendary Sun columnist Piers, who has interviewed Rishi Sunak twice, has given his takes on the most important election in a generation.

Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London, said that’s not inconceivable.“Now this looks like a job for me,” the US rapper sings before adding: “Cuz we need a little controversy.”Or will twice married dad-of-four Mr Farage – once a Tory himself – return to revitalise his old party?“I can see what is happening in this country. This is my home and I’m going to fight for it.”Might Reform eventually become the new standard bearers for the right in British politics?“Rent, bills, everything’s tripled. It’s not because of migrants.Paul believes Mr Farage wil head for the US if his friend Donald Trump wins the presidential election there in November.

“Guess who’s back, back again?” go the lyrics.In a typically punchy acceptance speech Mr Farage told the nation it was “the first step of something that is going to stun all of you”.