Nigel Farage: I’ve no doubt my health will have failed by 2020

After Mr S revealed the strict door policy for the launch of Nigel Farage’s new book The Purple Revolution at the Blue Boar in Westminster, the impromptu drinks affair was filled with mostly friendly faces from the media. Columnist Isabel Oakeshott introduced the Ukip leader, telling the audience that ‘of all the politicians I’ve had lunch with over the years — and there are an awful lot of them — Nigel is right up there in the top five of the best people to have what I think he calls a PFL: a proper f—ing lunch”.

Farage himself was in an ebullient mood, following the multi-day serialisation of his book. He used the opportunity to remind the Westminster elite that rumours of his demise were unfounded:

‘I think the book will help dispel some of the unpleasant rumours that have been going around about me. The gossip is that I’m not well. If you read the book, you’ll understanding I’ve never been well.