The trials of Nigel

摘要

Have Jean-Claude Juncker and his scheming Eurocrats infiltrated the UK Independence Party? The way UKIP went to war with itself the moment its raison d'etre-getting Britain out of the European Union-became achievable, tempts the thought. Or maybe quitting Europe, at the "in-out" referendum the Conservative government has promised to hold by the end of 2017, is no longer the "people's army's" priority. Nigel Farage, UKIP'S charismatic leader, made more noise during the election campaign railing against immigration, in particular of people infected with HIV, than he did about the EU. Quite what UKIP, which won almost 4m votes-or roughly one in eight of those cast-now stands for, and what Mr Farage intends for its future, are unclear.