Nigel Farage has himself admitted that he is a ‘Marmite’ character. It’s one of the reasons given for his party’s patchy performance at the general election and it turns out it is a view others in the party share. Suzanne Evans, Ukip’s deputy chairman, made a similar point about Farage on the Daily Politics today — carefully noting that it’s Farage’s views, not his personality that may turn off voters:
‘I think Nigel is a very divisive character in terms of the way he is perceived. He is not divisive as a person, but the way he is perceived is of having strong views that divide people.’
Looking at #UKIP future and its role in the #EURef OUT campaign with @SuzanneEvans1 & @afneil on #bbcdphttps://t.co/eqsBNA0MzK
— BBC Daily Politics and Sunday Politics (@daily_politics) June 18, 2015
This has not gone down well with Farage loyalists in the party.
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