‘Guess who’s back?’: the inside story of Nigel Farage’s quest for power

With a new HQ and digital-savvy staff, Reform UK is trying to tighten its operation - but there are tensions over fringe views and trouble brewing at the grassroots

• Who's who in Nigel Farage's Reform UK

Nigel Farage seems to be everywhere again: striding into rallies to the beat of Eminem, popping up at Maga parties in Washington, hosting a champagne-soaked fundraiser in Mayfair and grinning on the ITV breakfast sofa taunted by a Chinese dragon.

Since July, Reform UK has soared in the polls, threatening the Conservatives and Labour and leaving many backers daring to dream that one day Farage could enter government.