Are Farage and chums set for a comeback?

As the Government deadline for striking a Brexit deal with the eU approaches next month, I hear that old bruiser Nigel Farage is preparing for a possible political return to the fray.

Only last year the Brexit Party won the european elections and became the largest group in the european Parliament, with 26 MePs. those MePs lost their jobs, of course, when we left the eU on January 31.

But they have not gone away. Richard tice, the former chairman of the party, declared last week on a WhatsApp group they have all joined: ‘We are the country’s insurance policy.’ he explained that if there is any hint of a sell-out on eU access to British fishing waters, the party will relaunch. A source close to Farage added ominously: ‘We are sleeping, not extinct.’

And the platform they will fight on? there’s the Brexit deal, but private polling by the party also shows members are almost unanimously opposed to current lockdown measures.

there is talk of fielding a candidate in the mayoral election next year in London on an anti-lockdown ticket. It may prove popular, as large parts of Central London resemble a ghost town. Ann Widdecombe, who was a Brexit Party MeP, says the crackdown is excessive: ‘We have not got a proportionate response.’

A devAstAting take on Baroness Harding, head of the Covid test-and-trace system, from ‘Beast of Bolsover’ dennis skinner, 88, who lost his Commons seat last year: ‘some are born mediocre, some achieve mediocrity and some have mediocrity thrust upon ’em. she’s been put to the test and now there’s nO trace.’

At PRIMe Minister’s Questions, the Northern Ireland DUP MP sammy Wilson challenged the logic of the Government scientists’ warning that there could be 50,000 infections a day. ‘What is not in dispute is the scare tactics being used.’ tactics that didn’t work on Wilson, who was seen on the London Underground breaking the rules by not wearing a mask.

BAftA’s ‘woke’ rules to prevent the embarrassment of any all-white shortlists at its 2021 film awards require its 8,000 members to take ‘unconscious bias training’ before casting their votes. good luck to the luvvie who has to teach double Oscar-winner and former Labour MP glenda Jackson how to suck eggs.

GUshING praise for London Mayor sadiq Khan from Labour leader Keir starmer: ‘My friend sadiq Khan is an inspiration, the first Muslim mayor of a major Western city and a source of pride for us all. We’ll never let those who seek to divide us win.’ hasn’t starmer noticed that Khan’s transport for London is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and that Crossrail is two years behind schedule and £2.8 billion over budget?