Nigel Farage’s party starts early ground war as it hopes to overturn huge majority of Labour MP Mike Amesbury

As Nigel Farage toured US television studios before the inauguration of President Donald Trump, his face was almost as unavoidable in a quiet Cheshire market town more than 3,000 miles from the White House.

“He’s already got an office here, hasn’t he?” exclaimed Rob Hitchmough, 65, walking his cavalier King Charles spaniels, Oskar and Reyes, along Frodsham Main Street, where Reform UK had its campaign headquarters last year.