As the public watches the spectacle of an ungovernable UKIP, described by Henry Bolton, its fourth party leader in 18 months, as a swamp to be drained of its factional infighting, it should now be apparent how skilful Nigel Farage was in holding together such a disparate and untutored political party.

An ungrateful nation threw out Winston Churchill after WWII, and suspicious voters refused to elect Nigel Farage to become a Member of the Westminster Parliament.   Spiteful men in grey suits plotted to prevent Farage being knighted for ‘services to the United Kingdom and to democracy’, being the one politician who single-handedly led Britain towards Brexit.

Formerly, there were internal complaints about Farage’s leadership grip upon UKIP, but it is now apparent why UKIP needed such a firm grip, and no-one seems to have it now.  Diane James discovered within three weeks of her leadership that she could not control it, and Paul Nuttall did not possess the political skills of Farage.  Even unsupportive on-lookers hoped that Henry Bolton, with a distinguished military background, would steady the ship in an interim-Brexit era, but he has demonstrated himself to be quite unprepared for political life.

Whatever skills Bolton has in the military realm, it is debatable if he has developed the political nouse to ride and survive this storm.  Farage gave him initial support when his private life was swept up into a public cyclone, but as the damage became more apparent Nigel Farage put to him the accusations of colleagues that he had turned UKIP into a soap opera and brought the party into disrepute.  In reply, Bolton showed that he wants to fashion UKIP in his own image with a new constitution, but his personal life demonstrates that it will be another secular constitution rather than the Christian one that the country so much needs.

UKIP is proving to be a distracting sideshow at a critical time in the country’s history, and whatever may be its new constitution, Brexit has given Britain an opportunity to restore to public life the Christian values in the Christian constitution of our country.  As long as secular politicians are in charge, this is under threat, so that Christians must learn to vote for Christian politicians.

“Who will rise up for Me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for Me against the workers of iniquity?”

Psalm 94:16

 Update:

17 Feb 2018: UKIP dismissed Henry Bolton after less than five months as leader. Suzanne Evans, former UKIP Deputy Chair, has called upon Nigel Farage to return as UKIP leader.

4 May 2018: the wipe-out of UKIP at the English local council elections demonstrates that Nigel Farage was the driving force of UKIP, only underscoring his personal and central role in Brexit.  UKIP secured three council seats and lost 123 seats.

20 Aug 2018: Nigel Farage has returned to frontline politics.

12 Apr 2019: Nigel Farage launches the Brexit Party in Coventry to fight the European Parliamentary election on 23 May 2019.

24 Dec 2019: Steve Bannon on Nigel Farage’s role in history.

2 Jan 2021: it is time to give Farage a Knighthood.

21 Oct 2021: historian David Starkey says that Nigel Farage is “the politician singlely responsible for Brexit” and that Henry VIII was the first Brexiteer.

9 Jun 2023: instead, Jacob Rees-Mogg has received the honour that has been denied to Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage did more than most to secure a Boris Johnson Premiership by holding back Brexit contests in Tory constituencies.

25 June 2024: Nigel has won the TRIC awards News Presenter of the Year for the second year running.

5 Jul 2024: Nigel became a Member of Parliament along with four other MPs of Reform UK, after entering the race on 3 Jun 2024 [at 19:03 hrs].

10 Dec 2024: predictions about Nigel Farage’s political future.

16 Dec 2024: a reluctant admission that Nigel Farage has cut through to young voters and “is empowering democracy” [at 18:53 hrs], contrary to Harriet Harman who said Reform UK “are not just a threat to individual Parties but I actually think that they are a threat to democracy because they offer easy answers” [at 18:51 hrs]! This is as ridiculous as Ophrah Winfrey’s comment during the US Presidential election. Commentators are discussing his being the next Prime Minister.

19 Dec 2024: people are openly calling him “the next Prime Minister” [at 19:43 hrs].

25 Dec 2024: Michael Portillo says that Reform UK “is effectively a dictatorship [at 19:10 hrs]. The policy of that Party is what Nigel Farage says it is”.

26 Dec 2024: the moment when Reform UK membership overtook the Tories. The 132,000 membership of Reform UK now gives Reform a claim to being the official opposition in Britain. Farage said: “This is a big, historic moment. The youngest political party in British politics has just overtaken the oldest political party in the world. Reform UK are now the real opposition.”

6 Jan 2025: Kelvin MacKenzie explains the significance of Nigel Farage [at 21:49 hrs].

3 May 2025: Nigel Farage’s aim to be Prime Minister of Great Britain. BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg’s article: “This week proves Nigel Farage’s PM ambition is not a wild notion.”

6 May 2025: David Starkey: “Nigel Farage already is a great man of history.” Starkey would not like to be in his shoes because of the responsibility to be able to sort out Britain’s decline and bring it back from the precipice.