CLACTON-ON-SEA, England (AP) — An invasion is descending on the tidy bungalows, fish-and-chip shops and amusement arcades along England’s eastern flank, and support is surging for a party of upstart anti-Europeans.

The U.K. Independence Party is finding a warm welcome in this seaside town for its promise to curb immigration and leave the European Union. But the invasion washing up here isn’t from across the water — it’s an army of UKIP supporters from around the country, flocking to Clacton-on-Sea to help the party make an electoral breakthrough that could change the face of British politics.