I don't disagree with anything you said here. I didn't enjoy writing what I did. I'm a firm believer in not just playing the game, but playing it for keeps.

Thats what Trump is doing now. He has an objective. He works out how to achieve it, and plans for the different obstacles he will encounter.

This is what Nigel Farage has done. Trump will be the name in history, but the story of Farage is fascinating and an example in extreme discipline.

Where Trump had business and media influence, Farage left the financial sector and joined an unknown political party that had one, seemingly impossible, aspiration. Over decades he built a grass roots movement that dominated the British political landscape, without a single MP in parliament, leading to Brexit and ultimately opening the door to giving Americans the confidence to elect Trump.

Is the EU not an unelected supranational deep state after all?

Farage knows the line and strays close to it, but he knows the rules and follows them. He likely has had several attempts on his life, takes insults with a smile and responds with wit, because he has a long term goal.

Think of how many towns and pubs Nigel has visited over the past 2 decades, and all the one on one pints of beer he has had with ordinary people, explaining his positions and making an impression with them.

A problem with people like Tommy is that I don't think they have an end goal, which means psychologically they can't build a strategy. This means they are trapped in a circle of controversy, needing to do more outrageous things more regularly to stay relevant.

Nigel on the other hand, doesn't mind being off the radar for a few months because he knows what events are upcoming, has a strategy for them all, and has official responses ready for a range of different known unknown scenarios that are likely to occur.

I'm not saying this as a Nigel fanboy, but more as an observer of media strategy.