Farage v Sked
Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, had some choice words for Farage in 2015. He lamented what the party had become under Farage, branding him a “silly bugger” for focusing on immigration and praying he wasn’t elected to Westminster.
Farage got his revenge last year — storming into the British parliament as MP for Clacton after plenty of tries.
Farage v … UKIP itself
For years, Farage was synonymous UKIP. Its leader over three separate periods — and the man at the helm when it really started to terrify Britain’s Conservative Party — his exit from UKIP would be like ravens leaving the Tower of London.
Yet Farage did exactly that, quitting in December 2018 and accusing then-leader Gerard Batten of turning it into an outfit for “street activism,” and of having an “obsession” with far-right agitator Tommy Robinson and Islam. UKIP these days is a shadow of its former self.
Farage v his own Brexit Party MEPs
Just a week before the 2019 general election, four MEPs resigned from Farage’s next outfit, the Brexit Party, and urged voters to back the Tories.
They condemned Farage’s election strategy, and said the Brexit Party should stand down in Tory target seats to ensure Britain’s departure from the bloc was not thwarted. “We believe the Brexit Party has taken a wrong turn and is itself putting Brexit in jeopardy,” they wrote.
