Both men are dying for a fag, and in the lift up to the boardroom I ask Farage why he still smokes. They say energy bills are punitive and Farage talks about the stupidity of shutting Grangemouth oil refinery then importing fossil fuels. Hard right, populist right, far right? “There’s a good chance, yes.” What do you think are the odds? Yet on a freezing weeknight in February, 2,300 of them have driven for up to an hour just to hear Nigel Farage.

Source: The Times March 15, 2025 17:35 UTC