Gunning for power: Trigger-happy Nigel Farage goes shooting on a country estate - after copying Rishi Sunak by taking a private helicopter to campaign event in Cheshire

Nigel Farage sharpened his aim today as he went shooting on the campaign trail - after arriving on a country estate by helicopter.

The Reform Party leader criticised Rishi Sunak earlier this month for being 'utterly disconnected - by class, by privilege' from the people of Britain.

But he appears to have learned some things from the millionaire Prime Minister, arriving in rural Cheshire this morning via a private chopper, before eing whisked away in  Range Rover to get pally with a shotgun. 

The politician met supporters at Catton Hall in Frodsham, Cheshire, before trying out some clay pigeon shooting at the outdoor activity centre.

He hit four of the clay pigeon targets before being asked to pose for photos.  But he refused to point a gun at photographers, saying: 'Never point a gun, even in jest.'

Mr Sunak has been criticised heavily in the past for favouring expensive helicopters and other private aircraft when he tours the UK when other cheaper forms of transport are available.

Filming a TikTok while holding the shotgun open over his arm, he said: 'Shooting, provided it's safe, under supervision, if you haven't done it go shoot some clays. Fun.'

His visit came ahead of an expected visit to Blackpool - where political campaign group Led By Donkeys prepared for his arrival by posting a video of beach artwork at the seaside resort featuring Mr Farage's face and the words: 'Friend of Putin. Enemy of the NHS.'

Speaking to Reform supporters in Cheshire, the party leader said 'something remarkable' was happening with younger voters.

He said: 'We are not doing well with millennials. The 25 to 35s we're not doing well with, but Generation Z, Gen Z, the 15 to 25s, something remarkable, I mean truly remarkable, is happening.

'Our support in that age bracket is rapidly, and I mean rapidly, going up.

'The following I've built up on TikTok, Instagram, those sort of accounts is amazing.'

He was greeted with cheers and whooping from the crowd of supporters when he said he had been voted the sexiest party leader by a website called illicitencounters.com.

He also said football supporters at the Euro 2024 tournament in Germany had been 'wearing Farage masks'.

He added: 'There's an awakening in a younger generation who've had enough of being dictated to, had enough of being lectured to and they're seeing through the BS they're getting in schools and universities.'