From dubious remarks to bust-ups with journalists, the former UKIP MEP has been all over the papers for all the wrong reasons.
Osborne’s balancing act; Farage riding a tiger; Backbench rebels; Labour miserablists; and a few crucial days in May.
Okay, I’ll stick my neck out…The polling averages for the partieswill be Labour 36 per cent, Conservatives 33 per cent, Ukip 14 per cent, Lib Dems 10 per cent.
His announcement perfectly suits his quest to dispel UKIP’s image as the new nasty party.
Voters want reassurance, not recklessness
Disraeli described the sense of betrayal which Graham Brady has this week expressed more temperately.
Labour: Up, but economically weak. Conservatives: Down, but not out. UKIP: Fantastic year, but still vulnerable. LibDems: Flatlining, but may again hold the balance.
Pollsters’ reputations are based on accuracy, and they therefore have no interest in underestimating the support of UKIP, or any other party.
Labour/Liberal-Democrat/UKIP rule in Norfolk means muddled decision making
John Major, William Hague, Michael Howard, David Cameron – all promised to win over new converts, all ended up preaching to the choir. And still no sign of the promised land: an outright majority.
UKIP say: “we’re not LIB/LAB/CON”. They are absolutely right – they are worse.
Germany provides an example of what happens when the right is divided
Conservatives are united in favour of giving the people a say – but this result will boost UKIP.
Also: On admiring Paul Sykes, wishing Farage a speedy recovery, my strange dream (watch, out Greg Clark)…and why Miliband is making a twat of himself.
Net EU immigration since the UK became a member of the EEC sits at around 800,000 people. That’s since 1973 – so roughly 20,000 people per year since then.