The next election will not be won on immigration. Britain has already made up its mind. Voters want it controlled and reduced, full stop. That is why Nigel Farage’s party is head and shoulders clear in the polls. But if Reform’s pledge on immigration has been sold to the British public, the real question, as the party closes a boisterous conference this weekend, is what next?

None of these ideas are extreme. Many voters when polled see them as simple common sense

After all, while the party’s answer to long-ignored demands for border control is the right starting point, it cannot be the whole story. A credible party of government needs to show how it will mend the social fabric of broken Britain and improve people’s everyday lives.

The opportunity for Reform is to articulate a vision for

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