in the north west essex constituency, which just. some may say by sheer coincidence, but it's not. nana happens to be the constituency of the leader of his majesty's loyal opposition, kemi badenoch. and that's why i'm here. and i'll tell you more about that in a moment. but first, of course, just have a think about this. something truly extraordinary is happening out there, something remarkable, something historic, something everybody thought was literally impossible. a new political party that started off seven months ago with no representation in parliament whatsoever, that made its first big step on july the 4th last yean big step on july the 4th last year, with 4.1 million votes and five seats. and everyone said, well, that's it, they can't possibly go any further. and here we are this week with seven opinion polls showing that we now are consistently three points ahead of the conservative party and just a point or two behind the labour party. and we are achieving something. we are achieving something that is quite remarkable. an