When Nigel Farage landed at Heathrow on Monday from his trip to the US, he was visibly angry and rattled as he confronted Sky News reporters waiting for him at the airport, accusing them of harassing his daughter.
It meant that when he announced he was stepping down as an MP to trigger a by-election in his Clacton seat less than 24 hours later, the common consensus was that this was a desperate spur-of-the-moment decision, borne of his fury and desperation about the way his personal finances and friends had come under scrutiny.
