James Forsyth James Forsyth

Could Jeremy Browne be the anti-Nigel Farage?

The ex-minister is seeking outsider appeal on the basis of unrepentant liberalism

Jeremy Browne Photo: AFP/Getty 
issue 12 April 2014

Conviction politics is back. The two men making the political weather at the moment, Alex Salmond and Nigel Farage, both serve their politics neat. They have no interest in any ‘third way’. They stand for big, simple, defining ideas. They are both far closer to success than the establishment ever imagined they would be.

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