Analysts discuss Brexit implications and Farage's political strategies (Part 2)

Is a huge part of politics again, even complete with, I'm delighted to say, a row about salty snacks. And we have a, a bowl, I say, a slightly sad looking bowl of smoky bacon crisps in front of us that I suppose we're supposed to eat at some stage. Well, I'll eat them when we're finished. I'm not eating the camera. Hear this. We're like dodgy Foley artists. I don't know what you thought, Henry, though, about Nigel Farage answering Laura's questions in response to that Barnier interview. Nigel Farage on your show this morning, Laura. Henry, he seemed to be returning pretty confidently to arguments that he has made for. For two decades. Yeah, I thought he was in his comfort zone. And that's such an interesting thing about Andy Burnham's decision to reopen the Brexit question in a much bigger, more profound, more far reaching way than Keir Starmer was willing to entertain, at least during his time as Prime Minister, is that it does present an opportunity, perhaps also to some degrees a challenge for Labour's political opponents. But I think from Nigel Farage's point of view, a man who a year ago was riding higher than ever and higher probably than he ever conceived that he would ride, that is looking like a plausible next Prime Minister and has had a pretty rough year since then. And Reform UK still doing very well in the polls in historical terms, but have slid a fair bit. But if you're Nigel Farage and you want to find a way to remind people what they liked about you in the first place, reminding people about your experience in arguing over the issue that you've argued about for three decades is probably a bit of a gift. It doesn't get him back to 30% in the polls, no doubt, but it does help him re establish his centrality to this particular argument. And unlike the Conservatives, and this is something that he played out with Laura in their conversation, unlike the Conservatives, sure there are questions about what he did and said during the campaign, the referendum campaign, questions raised by Michel Barnier, but he doesn't have a governing record to account for in terms of the actual Brexit negotiation, whereas the Conservatives are on that sticky a wicket on this issue. I completely agree with you, Henry. It is a gift for him and he can use those two old central arguments that dominated the campaign and the referendum, immigration and money. And we heard this morning Nandra Farage using that summit that is looming on November 20th to make this.