Grant Woodward: Time the Tories started making plans for Nigel THANK heavens for Nigel Farage. Not a view shared at Conservative Central Office, obviously, where they’re trying to extricate David Cameron from the mess caused by his reluctance to debate the Ukip leader in front of the television cameras. But for the rest of us, the undeniably engaging bogeyman of mainstream UK politics is just the tonic we need if we’re going to get through the next three-and-a-bit months. Take him out of the election mix and it all looks mind-numbingly predictable. Labour will continue to “weaponise” the NHS in a bid to convince us the Tories won’t be happy until the nation’s hospitals are being run by McDonalds. The Conservatives will hit back by reminding us of the mess Labour made of it last time – enough to give anyone thinking of plumping for the two Eds serious pause for thought. Throw Farage in there and suddenly you have an x-factor. No one really knows what Nigel will do next – least of all, you suspect, Nigel himself. Will he disown another manifesto? Have a go at breastfeeding mothers? Blame motorway congestion on immigrants? The one certainty is that at some point he will be pictured chatting happily in [...] leedsinnews/grant-woodward-time-the-tories-started-making-plans-for-nigel-2/
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 07:45:46 +0000
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