Neither
of these Oxford-educated gents appeal to Ukip voters
In
the autumn of 2010, Nigel Farage was wrestling with a tough decision: whether he
should return for a second time as the leader of Ukip. During his first period
as leader from 2006 until 2009, he had felt worn down and under-appreciated by
his party. Now, his divisive and unsuccessful successor, Lord (Malcolm) Pearson,
had resigned after less than a year in the role. Unsure of his next move, Farage
found himself where many an Englishman has sought refuge from a tough decision –
in the back of a London black cab.
"The
driver said to me", Farage later recalled in one of our interviews, “well, look
Nigel, with David Cameron as leader of the Tories, a man who is not even a Tory,
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