“When he began, Brexit was thought of as a crank issue and UKIP was thought of as a crank party.”

The key to Nigel Farage’s success is his “persistence”. He put “crank issues” into “the mainstream”, and the effect has been "enormous" says Professor Sir Vernon Bognador.

📻 Listen to Times Radio - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio

📍 Subscribe to our channel -    / @listentotimesradio  

🗞 Subscribe to The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/...

📲 Get the free Times Radio app https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/how-...