Anthony Butcher

Yes, Nigel Farage today failed to turn up for the third hustings in a row....

Does Nigel actually want to be leader? Is he going to turn up to any of the hustings from now on?

Petrina

Interesting to note that when the hustings were announced someone close to NF said ,"Oh Nigel will only go to four of them,the rest are a waste of time ".

One down ,three to go !

mkpdavies

Amazing.

Either he is so confident his fans will select him no matter what, or he wants a friend to win instead.

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komerad

Matt,
I think you have struck the nail on the head with" He is so confident his fans will select him"
As you have pointed out before only about 0.01% of UKIP membership use this forum, most of whom I believe would not vote for NF.
This leaves 99.99% whose possibly only contact with UKIP is the Independence newsletter (pro NF)and occasionally seeing NF on TV, where of course he comes over exceptionally well!
Plus the fact, I believe the hustings are not particully well attended, Chelmsford - aprox 30 people.
I would say, unfortunately, the odds are very heavily stacked against the other contenders. NF knows this & believes he can still become leader without needing to attend the hustings. I hope He's got it wrong. :cry:
If he does win without needind the hustings, it proves how intertwined UKIP & NF are seen by the majority of the membership, & could take years to untwine, which IMO could be disasterous for the party!