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General Election 2024: Reform UK press conference disrupted by hecklers; *Part 3 of 19*ENGLAND: London: Westminster:INTNigel Farage MP (Reform UK Leader) press conference SOT.- I said on the 3rd of June when I decided to come out of retirement and get back involved in frontline politics that I had two very clear objectives / the first - for us to get millions of votes / the second - to establish a bridgehead in parliament / there are four of us up here, as we bite our nails with what is going on in Basildon and Thurrock [South Basildon and East Thurrock] right now where our candidate James McMurdock on the first count was ahead... a full recount is taking place as I speak / very hopeful it will be five / the results show us very interesting things / if we had proportional representation we'd been looking at nearly 100 seats / it's my view that our outdated first past the post electoral system is not fit for purpose / campaign to change this electoral system / results show there is absolutely no enthusiasm for Starmer's Labour whatsoever / interesting to watch Starmer speak outside Number 10, his first address, in the course of that speech, he looked down at his notes over 150 times, once every 2.8 seconds / I don't think these people with me need a script because they know what they believe in / when it comes to providing the voice of opposition... we are going to be the opposition around the country / we are all committed to working for our constituents, to do the best we can in Parliament, but above all, what we are going to do from today is we are going to professionalise the party, going to democratise the party and those few bad apples that have crept in will be long gone and we will never have any of their type back in our organisation, you have my 100 percent promise on that / energy and enthusiasm of those who have come to us over the last few weeks / they have come to us with passion / venues were full / one member of the public every minute jo...