shiftygiant
Gone Fishin'
So, in my continuing series of 'What if [person] remained [political party]', I ask you all, what if Nigel Farage, the current leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, remained a Conservative in 1992?
I should put some background to why he left in the first place if the links don't tempt you. Nigel Farage was a Eurosceptic Tory who, in 1992, left the Conservative Party in protest of then Prime Minister, John Major, signing the Maastricht Treaty. He went onto become a founding member of UKIP, which he would go on to lead from 2006-2009, then 2010-present. He also ran and won a place in the European Parliament, where his reception has been mixed, for a lack of a better world, and has been described by defectors of the party as "Stalinist" and "Authoritarian" (Though the reliability of these claims have been challenged).
But yeah, what if Farage remained a member in 1992?
I should put some background to why he left in the first place if the links don't tempt you. Nigel Farage was a Eurosceptic Tory who, in 1992, left the Conservative Party in protest of then Prime Minister, John Major, signing the Maastricht Treaty. He went onto become a founding member of UKIP, which he would go on to lead from 2006-2009, then 2010-present. He also ran and won a place in the European Parliament, where his reception has been mixed, for a lack of a better world, and has been described by defectors of the party as "Stalinist" and "Authoritarian" (Though the reliability of these claims have been challenged).
But yeah, what if Farage remained a member in 1992?