It’s all over for Nigel Farage, now he’s secured his role as our newest, oddest historical figure

How this public school Arthur Daley has got to this point is one of the mysteries of an endlessly perplexing age, says Matthew Norman

As it ends for Nigel Farage with a whimper of wounded ego, a word of thanks to the froggish rascal. He sold the credulous among us a sliver of hope at a time of abject despair.

With hope, as with digitalis, it’s all about the dosage: a little does the ailing heart good. For a few days the prospect of his party/commercial enterprise (it isn’t entirely clear which) costing the Tories a majority hoisted dismal Remainer spirits.