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. One Ukip insider says ‘I have no idea why Suzanne has done anything she’s done since the day of the election.’
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