Mr Farage has found time before the campaign launches next week to indulge in one of his other favourite pastimes – fundraising for Donald Trum

Tomorrow night he is the main attraction at a ‘disruptors dinner’ organised by the Florida Republican Party in Tallahassee, more than 4,400 miles from his Clacton constituency.

The Reform leader was conspicuous by his absence at Prime Minister’s Questions today as colleague Lee Anderson asked the PM a question about Net Zero. Fellow Reform MPs Richard Tice and James McMurdoch were present

In a statement to US media Mr Farage said: ‘I’m so incredibly excited to be joining the Republican Party of Florida for the Disruptors Dinner.

‘President Trump’s decisive win and return to the White House inspires us all to continue the fight for freedom globally.

‘I’m looking forward to being back in the Free State of Florida to celebrate with all of you.’

On Monday Mr Farage said he would be ‘all around the country in the run-up to these county council, unitary and mayoral elections’.

Closing off a London press conference, he said: ‘We’re going to be out there canvassing, campaigning, and doing our best, as I said at the start, to prove that the polls aren’t virtual, actually, the real votes exist out there on the ground.

‘I believe they do, and I believe absolutely that nothing that has happened in the last two weeks is going to put a dent in what we’re about to achieve on May 1.’

Mr Farage’s absence from PMQs meant he missed Sir Keir Starmer joking that he was struggling to lead a party that ‘fits in the back of a taxi’.

The Reform leader recently told The Times that there is a ‘good chance’ of him becoming prime minister and put the odds at ‘about 35 per cent to 45 per cent at the moment’.

Seats at the event start at $450, rising to $25,000 for a ‘Trump sponsor’ package for 10 people that includes access to a VIP reception and photographs with ‘special guest Mr Farage.

Mr Farage’s absence from PMQs meant he missed Sir Keir Starmer joking that he was struggling to lead a party that ‘fits in the back of a taxi’.

He has seen Reform’s numbers in the Commons decrease from five to four after Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe was suspended by the party amid accusations about his conduct, which he has strenuously denied.

Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Anderson (Ashfield) was heckled by Labour MPs as he said he attends the Commons every week to ask ‘sensible questions’.

Mr Anderson added: ‘I expect sensible answers but all I get is glazed expressions and waffle from the opposite benches.

‘I want to ask the Prime Minister a very simple question on behalf of all the net zero sceptics: if we became net zero tomorrow by how much would we reduce the Earth’s temperature by? Simple question.’

Sir Keir replied: ‘Net zero is of course not easy but it’s a huge opportunity to boost our growth, our jobs and our economy and so he knows my views on that.

‘But he complains – they’d have better ideas if they stop fawning over (Russian president Vladimir) Putin.

‘And I understand the Member for Clacton wants to be prime minister, he can’t even lead a party that fits in the back of a taxi.’

It came after Kemi Badenoch turned her fire on ‘reality TV star’ Mr Farage and dismissed calls to ‘unite the Right’ with a Tory/Reform merger.

The Conservative Party leader said that the UK had to move away from ‘politics as showbusiness’ – a pointed reference to Mr Farage’s lucrative appearance on I’m A Celebrity in 2023.

The Conservative Party leader said that the UK had to move away from ‘politics as showbusiness’ – a pointed reference to Mr Farage’s lucrative appearance on I’m A Celebrity in 2023 (below)

Speaking to The Telegraph after launching her bid for a Tory revival, Mrs Badenoch was pressed about the possibility of uniting with Mr Farage’s party, which is polling better than the Tories across the UK.

But Mrs Badenoch was defiant about merging the two parties, saying: ‘Having appeal doesn’t mean that people want you running their lives. That’s one of the things that we need to make sure that we remind people.

‘This isn’t I’m A Celebrity or Strictly Come Dancing. You don’t vote for the person that you’re enjoying watching and then switch off when the show’s over.

‘You’ve got to live with that person in your life, in your family’s life, at work and so on. That’s what elections are about. It’s not just about watching a show and switching it off. We’ve got to move away from politics as showbusiness.’

The Conservative leader also hit out at the infighting within Reform – which has five MPs –  that led to Great Yarmouth’s Rupert Lowe being suspended amid accusations about his conduct, which he has strenuously denied.

‘If they can’t unite with five people, how are they going to unite the Right?’ Mrs Badenoch said.

However, Reform UK has recorded its highest level of support in a Scottish poll, suggesting it could be on course to win 14 seats at Holyrood next year.

A new poll by Survation has the hard right party leapfrogging the Tories in terms of support into third behind the SNP and Labour, after a four-point rise in the constituency vote since January.

Transferred into seats the poll, carried out for Quantum Communications, put the SNP on 55, Labour on 19, the Conservatives on 17, and Reform on 14, with the Lib Dems on 13, the Greens on 10 and Alba on one.

It comes despite several weeks of infighting in the Westminster arm of the party, which has seen MP Rupert Lowe suspended after he questioned Mr Farage’s leadership.