Farage must go? While he dominates the immigration debate, it’s unlikely | Simon Jenkins

Douglas Carswell wants Ukip’s leader to step aside. But Nigel Farage strikes a chord with so many that such a move would be folly before the EU referendum

One thing the EU still does well is dinner, with the key dish on each menu being the next one. But lurking in the corridor outside is an increasingly noisy rabble, that of the continent’s rightwing politicians. For David Cameron, that rabble is embodied by Ukip’s Nigel Farage, feasting on monthly migration statistics.

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