Party leader Mike Buchanan told BuzzFeed News that he intended to field more than 50 candidates at the next general election, in order to keep the Conservatives from winning crucial marginal seats. That's despite his party winning a grand total of just 216 votes between two candidates this year: 153 for Buchanan in Ashfield and 63 for Ray Barry in Broxtowe.

"We really had no idea how many we'd get but the important thing is it was a start," Buchanan said. "The longest journey starts with a single step. So we weren't disappointed by the numbers."

Buchanan said the party was "currently minded" to take on the Tories rather than Labour because they were "privileging women at the expense of men". He is furious that women now make up a third of David Cameron's cabinet, even though only one in five Tory MPs are female.

He's now looking for men and women to stand as candidates and has launched a membership scheme to help fund the £500 deposit required for each one. "If we're contesting the top 50 Conservative seats we really could alter the outcome of the election and make the Conservatives lose when they otherwise wouldn't," he said.