[Nigel] Farage has been mocked for espousing unpopular views. But an insurgent, mildly reckless party may be needed to break the stalemate. Reform ma… - Sherelle Jacobs

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[Nigel] Farage has been mocked for espousing unpopular views. But an insurgent, mildly reckless party may be needed to break the stalemate. Reform may even be groping towards an innovative way of doing politics, which might be dubbed "paradoxical populism". The challenges of the day require charismatic leaders who can bank voter goodwill from populist achievements, such as bringing down immigration, in order to drive through less attractive but necessary projects, such as administering tough medicine to the economy or fixing healthcare.