Andrea Jenkyns, mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, sings as she takes to the stage at the Reform UK annual party conference in Birmingham.

Reform UK’s conference in Birmingham has come and gone, and for fans of the strange, odd and downright crazy, it did not disappoint.

Nigel Farage had hoped that the glitzy two-day event would show the country that his party is professional, competent and ready to form the next UK government.

And while there were certainly moments which demonstrated precisely why Reform is currently leading Labour and the Tories in the opinion polls, there was also enough evidence to suggest it has a long way to go before it can shake off its eccentric image.

Here, HuffPost UK looks at four of the conference’s most bizarre moments.

1) The Singing Mayor

Farage was forced to bring forward his keynote speech to the conference on Friday after in an attempt to avoid being overshadowed by the cabinet reshuffle taking place at the same time.

But it was the actions of the Reform leader’s warm-up act, Dame Andrea Jenkyns, that grabbed the headlines.

The mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, a trained opera singer, strode onto the stage in a sparkling jumpsuit to a recording of her self-penned song “I’m An Insomniac”.

For reasons known only to herself, Jenkyns decided to join in, with her arms outstretched in an attempt to gee up the crowd before the main event.

In a tenuous attempt to link the song’s lyrics to the conference, the former Tory MP asked the audience: “Is this godawful Labour Government giving you sleepless nights and insomnia too?”

The muted response from the presumably-stunned........

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