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Originally Posted by eublues
To be fair, Nigel has done a superb job in Brussels. If it wasn't for him there would be no visible resistance to the EU at all.
In the UK he has also made a major impact in the media (as in several high profile appearances today).
The problem is the party in the UK. Others who might have helped don't seem to have been making the impact that might have been expected - perhaps it is just very difficult to get the UKIP machine overhauled - the policy papers for instance seem to be much delayed.
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I think most would be happy that he concentrated on Brussels if he appointed a UK leader. I think there were suggestions that he did not want to be UKIP leader, but entered the contest to stop RS winning. This would now appear likely - given that most of his energy seems to be concentrated on the EU Parliament. Everything would be fine if he was able to appoint a high powered UK leader, but this seems impossible for the man. Essentially he wants UKIP to be a one man show, he cannot think of what is best for the party, but what is best for him. He wants no challenge to his command and someone able to do a good job as UK leader would be a real threat.