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Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage emerged victorious in the general election, winning the Clacton constituency with 21,225 votes. He beat Giles Watling, the Conservative leader who just secured 12,820 votes.

With his victory, Farage has finally won a seat in Britain's parliament at the eighth attempt. 

"My plan is to build a mass national movement over the course of the next few years and hopefully be big enough to challenge the general election properly in 2029," Farage, 60, said.

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A warning to Labour

With the Labour Party set to form the next government, Farage said that the new government would be in trouble very, very quickly. "...and we will now be targeting Labour voters, we are coming for Labour - be in no doubt about that," he added.

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The 60-year-old  is the culmination of a political career forged from his loathing of the EU's project for closer union and hatred for the Conservative Party.

Parliament a crucial platform for Farage

Farage used his two-decade stint in the European Parliament to mock top European officials and drove Britain's Conservatives to call the 2016 referendum on European Union membership in which Britons narrowly voted to leave.

With Reform UK winning four seats so far, Farage now has the chance to use the British parliament as his platform and is set on making his party a major political opposition outfit in the country.

A report by the news agency Reuters said Farage's main line of attack will be immigration, with Reform UK pledging to limit entry, leave the European Convention on Human Rights and push migrants arriving by small boats back to France before they land on British shores.

He will also push for lower taxes and says that unless new arrivals to Britain are genuine refugees, they should not get any benefits or free health care for five years.

(With inputs from agencies)