Hundreds of Reform UK supporters turned up on Wearside today to see Nigel Farage at a rally.
The queue to get into Rainton Arena, near Houghton-le-Spring, stretched around the car park as anticipation built for the party leader's appearance at midday.
Cheers erupted when he arrived at the car park and he was immediately surrounded by a group of supporters.
You can see the size of the queue in the footage here:
At the rally Nigel Farage announced that former Newcastle United chairman Sir John Hall is supporting the party and has made a donation.
Speaking at an event near Sunderland, Mr Farage said: "I’m going to ask you to put football rivalries aside for a moment.
"I’m delighted that joining us today, supporting us, giving us a donation after decades of publicly supporting the Conservatives, somebody who has been a phenomenal, amazing success story, indeed role model for people in the North East, with us today, supporting us, with us now is Sir John Hall."
During his speech, the Reform leader described a feeling of unease among the people of the UK.
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He said: “We all have a deep sense of unease. Something is going very, very wrong with the country that we’re part of, with the country that we believe in, with the country we want our kids and grandkids to grow up in.
“We have spent time indoctrinating a younger generation, that everything about our past is wrong. We’ve been poisoning the minds of our young people, that I think is absolutely appalling.
"I want them to learn that whilst not everything in our history is perfect, actually, there is no country in the world with a better past than us.”
He then described the number of small boats crossing the Channel, stating "if it’s not an invasion, what the hell is it?".
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