RT: @donmcgowan The perpetuating myth that Farage is a 'man of the people' has long been one that foxed me.
Because, let's be honest, Nigel Farage is as much of a 'man of the people' as I am an Olympic gymnast.
From Commodities trader and fully paid up Thatcherite Conservative in the 80s and 90s — to multimillionaire gold elevator dweller, Farage has never seen himself or acted like a 'man of the people'.
Brexit made him a millionaire several times over, and he's been dining out on it ever since.
We can see a great deal of his earnings now as he is forced to declare them in his MPs Register of Interests, but many are still squirrelled away from the public eye.
Such as his commercial fishing trawler and, up to, seven houses bought with cash.
These are dealt with through his company Thorn in the Side Ltd. but there is more income he's hiding. We only know about the bonus £5M because of a leak to the Guardian, so what else is he covering up?
A property in the Cayman Islands? Perhaps.
But I digress slightly from the original point — Farage, 'man of the people', has never been accurate; it was a label he attached to himself during his UKIP days and must be amazed that the press still use it to this day.
His courting of Donald Trump is the icing on top of the golden cake he baked for himself.
Man of the people? No. Self constructed veneer of a wealthy grifter? Yes.
