Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister’s chief of staff, is afraid of Nigel Farage. He is right to be. Farage is one of the most important politicians of recent British history. He ought to be taken seriously. But ultimately, I think he will do more damage to the Conservatives than to Labour – and he could turn out to be the key to Keir Starmer winning a second term.
The most striking image of this year in British politics was of Farage with Nick Candy, his party’s new treasurer, and Elon Musk, in front of a portrait of Donald Trump at the US president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday. It sent a shiver down Labour (and Tory) spines, as the prospect of a wall of Musk’s money loomed over Westminster.
