Ukip leader in statesman mode at party conference,even resisting making more than a single pig joke at David Cameron’s expenseNigel Farage bounced back on Friday from his own and Ukip’s general election rebuff. Teflon Nigel always does. Election defeats and party splits, personal toxicity and even plane crashes – he climbs out of the moment’s wreckage clutching a gold watch and grinning.
In the year since Ukip’s final annual gathering at Doncaster racecourse, or Farage himself was rejected by Kent voters,Ukip lost half its MPs – down from two to one despite those four million votes – while the hated David Cameron (hiss) won a Commons majority.
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Source: theguardian.com