In a large function room at the Grange Moor Hotel in Maidstone on Wednesday, 54 Reform UK activists from two Kent constituencies were crammed inside to plot Nigel Farage’s path to power. Joining together just days after the populist party’s NEC conference, supporters from Mid Kent & Faversham and Maidstone & Malling gathered for their third-joint meet-up since the 2024 General Election. With 266 local associations already being formed, an insider revealed the number in attendance on Wednesday had doubled compared to the group’s last outing. The wind really seems to be behind Reform UK’s sails …