EXCLUSIVE: In a video message the Reform UK says he made ‘the right decision’ to return to politics 365 days ago which has seen his party top the polls.

Nigel Farage has said the UK’s next Prime Minister will be a shootout between him and Sir Keir Starmer. The Reform UK leader insists his party is the main rival to Labour as they continue to surge in the polls.

A recent electoral calculus poll-of-polls put the right wing party on course to win a majority at the next election with 30% of the vote, securing them at least 362 seats. Mr Farage’s rallying cry comes exactly a year to the day after his stunning political comeback. In the space of just one year he has led Reform from having one MP – Lee Anderson, who had defected from the Tories – to five now.

Nigel Farage in Aberdeen (Image: Getty)

Writing in the Daily Express the architect of Brexit promises to “restore our proud nation to its former glory.”

Following last month’s local election blitz, which saw the party win swathes of council seats and two mayoralties, Mr Farage said he is now setting his sights on elections in Wales and Scotland next year.

He adds: “This country needs fresh ideas, fresh voices and new energy to make Britain great again.

“Over the next 12 months, our attention will turn to Wales and Scotland as we take the fight to Labour and the SNP in elections on 7 May.

“They are terrified of Reform, as recent attacks on us demonstrate — and so they should be.

“One year after my return, we are leading in the opinion polls, the Conservatives are no longer a major party and by the next election, the choice will be clear: do you want me as Prime Minister or Keir Starmer?

With your support, we will help turn this country around. Reform will build the right team and restore our proud nation to its former glory. I know in my heart it can be done. Britain needs Reform.”