Reform UK is topping opinion polls but it must navigate a series of challenges to have a serious chance of becoming a party of government

The Reform UK leader also dismissed concerns about climate change as “carbon dioxide hysteria” in an interview at the ARC conference

Mr Farage was speaking during a Q&A session with right-wing commentator Jordan Peterson. His appearance at ARC comes a day after Conservative Kemi Badenoch warned that failure to renew her party following their election loss could lead to the loss of “our country and all of Western civilisation".

Nigel Farage has hit back at the Conservatives, accusing Kemi Badenoch's party of being "not on the right." It comes after the Opposition leader told the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference yesterday took a swipe at the Reform UK leader,