Mr Lowe extended an olive branch to the Reform leader this weekend in an attempt to bring about a "patriotic government" by the next election.

In a video posted online, the Restore Britain leader said he would work with Mr Farage if Reform agreed to five conditions, including mass deportations, a ban on the burqa, and a referendum on the death penalty.

He then pointed to the deepening relationship between Reform and Great Yarmouth First (GYF) - an offshoot of Restore - at County Hall.

"We have recently shown how effectively cooperation can work locally at Norfolk County Council, so why not at a national level?", he said.

Reform won 40 of the council's 84 seats in May's election - three short of the 43 needed for outright control - while GYF won all nine seats it contested in the borough.

This prompted David Bick, Reform's leader and mayoral candidate, to declare his party had secured an "effective majority" with GYF.

David Bick (Image: Norfolk County Council)

Since then, the two groups have voted together on almost every........

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