If all political careers end in failure, Nigel Farage is not shy to declare himself an exception. He has resigned as Ukip leader – this time, he proclaims, for good. “I have got my country back,” he said. “Now I want my life back.”
Some reckon that, if Farage does indeed stick to his word this time, it will herald the end of Ukip. After all, if and when Article 50 is triggered, Ukip will have achieved what the party was set up for in 1993, and be without its flagbearer. And yet Farage’s departure as leader might have a very different significance, and lead to Ukip ratcheting up their attempts to displace the Labour Party in the north of England.
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