Has Farage damaged UKIP?
That’s the only reason I can see why there was such an onslaught of comments to Iain Roberts’ blog. I always thought that although I disagreed with Nigel Farage he cut a sophisticated and intelligent figure in the political firmament. Not any more. The problem with his view of democracy is that democracy = anything UKIP wants and its extreme dogmatic views. I’ve no problem with people expounding these views – it’s when they get all sensitive and uppity should anyone try and draw an analogy or point out inconsistencies. What Iain was saying is essentially that democracy is an organic thing – where peoples views change with circumstance and thought. There are a whole lot of votes that aren’t achieved the first, second or third time for things these days we find innocuous – like not having slavery. Nigel Farage’s reaction wasn’t a joke – I was watching it live. He seriously believes that he can say that it’s wrong to have a second referendum then say (and let’s face it it’s because the re
