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Originally Posted by Russ

Oh I’m not so sure. In his haste to be seen as a legitimate party he recruited more than the average number of fruitcakes to join his ranks, later weeding some of them out by claiming to have “improved” (also known as ‘created’) the party vetting process.

That is indeed a possibility - basically prejudiced people (some might call far right-wing). I expect Farage to ensure that candidates selected for the GE are probably clean. That's some task but may well be necessary.

Essentially, the people being polled sign up to Farage's message in the context of a pox on the other parties. The nearer we get to the GE, the public will want to be confidant that the 'fruitcakes' do not rule the party.

Me? I'm a paid up Conservative and my party's upper echelon fall into a different sort of 'fruitcake' category.

As for Labour, bustards doesn't cover it.