On Monday, in Morrisons, I was queuing to pay for a few bits I needed for supper. A black man recognised me. He asked who I’ll vote for in the next election. I said, unless Labour offers more progressive policies, the Greens or Lib Dems. He backs Reform. “Why?” I asked. “We need change,” he responded.

Behind me was a white female pensioner who had seen me on TV. She too was going to vote for Reform, for the same empty reason. I brought up Nigel Farage’s alleged teen racism, and the xenophobic views of key Reform figures. She replies: “It works both ways. Coloureds complaining about racism hate white people.”

Reform is being lifted by the winds of vain and vague hopes for “change”. If you are a potential Reform voter, I humbly suggest you look deeper into the party’s politics and pledges and the behaviours of some at its top table. This Labour government promised new beginnings. We discovered Starmer is no redeemer. And if he wins the keys to No 10, Farage will be no saviour. Know what you are voting for. In a democracy, we all have that responsibility.

Farage was, arguably, the earliest, brashest, flashiest and loudest Brexiteer. He became a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), claimed

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