Five points from Nigel Farage’s interview on Marr

First Cameron, then Miliband – now it was Nigel Farage’s turn to be granted the status of a January interview on the Marr sofa. And there was plenty to discuss: the Sunday Times’ splashes on the story  that a party official joked that Ukip represents ‘hundreds of thousands of bigots all over Britain’, the Sunday Mirror’s splash on the same official saying the NHS is a waste of money — plus the Sunday Telegraph’s news of MEP Amjad Bashir’s defection to the Tories, and carries an interview with him saying the Tories (with their referendum pledge) are the true flag bearers of Euroscepticism.

Whether it’s dry January or a restful period away from the spotlight, Farage did a good job of looking not very bothered. Here are my take-aways: 1. Farage taunts Tories for accepting Ukip rejects On Bashir, Farage claimed the party has been ‘increasingly alarmed’ by his behaviour and said there is some ‘quite strong documentary evidence’ against him, which I revealed last night. Farage is certainly not upset as his departure:

‘Whichever way we look at this, he’d reached the end of the road with us.