Nigel Farage has today confirmed he's stepping down from his post as leader of UKIP to fight John Bercow's 18,000 vote majority in Buckingham. This is rich coming from someone who as leader (until today) was always the first jumping up and down in the media for British values or the British way of life, whatever that is, has decided to break British political convention on a whim. He will know full well the only way he can expect to overturn such a majority is hope the longstanding convention that the Speaker is returned in his or her seat with major party candidates not standing against them gives him a major advantage in picking up votes. It would still be an incredible result should he win, but he's clearly weighed up which seats he could win as a 4th party candidate (in England anyway).Either, he doesn't see UKIP as a major political party, so hey, it's fine to ignore convention, which is unlikely as their own website bills them as Britain’s 4th party (just don't tell Alex Salmond). So logically, this convention is breakable if you just happen to be Nigel Farage and fancy your chances in Buckingham, or he has previously hidden a long standing disregard for British political convention which would be strange coming from someone who lead a party strongly linked with British history.
Which is it I wonder?
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