An incessant wind is blowing from the North Sea, sending waves crashing on to Clacton beach. “I think a lot of people do notice it, as primarily Clacton is still a 96% white population. In Jaywick, the settlement south-west of Clacton, 36% of people have a disability, more than twice the average in England. Much more than the physical boundary of a nature reserve and a golf club separates Clacton and Frinton. Cab drivers are often portrayed in the media as salt-of-the-Earth Reform UK voters, but judging from the evidence of Clacton this weekend, only one in four cabbies will vote Farage.