Nigel Farage’s astonishing diplomatic logic would helicopter Abu Hamza into the UK embassy in Iran

Tommy Robinson might work for Washington. He certainly needs ‘evacuation’, as he puts it, albeit of the manual variety that involves a latex glove

Is there any limit at all to the self-sacrifice Nigel Farage is willing to make for the country he loves?

For 20 years, this great patriot has borne the excruciation of working in the one place on Earth he hates above all others. With humbling stoicism, he has endured the horrors of what we’ll generously call his “working life” in Brussels. He has soaked up the gross indignity of accepting the generous salary and expenses of an MEP without a word of complaint.

Finally, after two decades of cruel and unusual punishment, an escape route from hell presents itself. It isn’t a sure thing, and the snowflakes would melt in outrage if it happened. But a job vacancy appears to be imminent in the place he loves the most – and by no standards, least of all his own, is there is a better qualified candidate to fill it.