Question Time

pragmatic

You both make a reasonable point, but I think that's still overridden by the value of him as party leader appearing so many times (against forgettable faceless junior ministers/shadow ministers/every Lib Dem)

Although, I also see it having diminishing returns for them, if he maintains this one-man band approach
- they are starting to slip from what I always thought was their peak

Perhaps he doesn't want some of his colourful colleagues like Godfrey Bloom going off-message.

krish

He seems to be the embodiment of the party, and I'd go as far to say he is more popular than the party himself.  If he died in that plane crash I doubt we'd have seen the results we have recently, they would be more split as it is votes for more extreme partys are finding a voice in the more moderate UKIP.

I'd say he is a brand 'mascot' like Blair was successfully and brown was so unsuccessfully.

Sonic67

Exactly!

others rarely seem to get a chance on TV
- these days occasionally his deputy Paul Nuttall or Eastleigh by-election candidate Diane James
- Godfrey Bloom very very rarely ... for controversy

krish

Are we blaming UKIP for trying to put their popular leader forward and get votes?

Steve N

My only criticism is against the BBC
- though I don't think his media over-saturation will do his party favours in the long run (there's a risk of becoming the political equivalent of Carol Vorderman)

Jamezinho

Beat me to it

Sonic67

Miliband looks and sounds like a Nick Park creation, but he made it as far as leader of the opposition.

MikeTV

So odd looking Huffington gave him the honour of collecting some of them together.



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pragmatic

God. I can't even make a mildly amusing observation about Farage's appearance without half a dozen of the usual suspects all diving in to make a counter argument.

MikeTV

I don't think anyone was disagreeing with you Mike