Yes, Nigel's a bit of a lucky general. His pounding at the hands of 'Lib' politicians in the US, the Reform conference - a vaudeville of former Tory fruit loops - and his own lacklustr… (View Post)

Is there any event in the cosmos that can't be interpreted as 'fantastic for Nigel Farage'? There have been some strange ones over the years labelled in this way: the sacking of Owen P… (View Post)

I seem to remember that Maggie's moving Geoffrey Howe from Foreign Sec. to Deputy PM was very much seen as a humiliating demotion (Neil Kinnock offered his sympathy) and a fair bit of trouble fo… (View Post)

He's been very much a bogeyman for the anti-Farage elements of the hard-Right. I suppose the idea is that reaching out to Tommy will placate that faction therefore make things easier for Nigel. … (View Post)

The biggest danger for Nigel is that at some point he stops being cool and becomes instead a bit embarrassing to ever have liked. The entertainment industry is littered with such people: Paul Daniels… (View Post)