Guido’s also spotted Reform UK’s Richard Tice and Martín Daubney at the launch. Could we be about to see the launch of a pact?

Laurence about to give what he describes as his first stump speech:

“I am not a politician. I never wanted to be a politician. I am a single father and I am an actor, well I was an actor.”

“We are here to reclaim your freedom and we need to unlock London now.”

“Someone needs to unlock London now, and I can tell you one thing: Sadiq Khant. And Sadiq Won’t.”

“Sadiq Khan is ashamed to be British”

“Freedom of speech is under threat in the cathedral of wokery that is London,”