Probably their concentration on sliming the ukippers contributed to the Brexit party margin.
Likely.
This is what the media does.
Tommy stayed with Ukip, which probably doomed him from the get-go. On top of that, they pulled out all the stops and went full-Goebbels on him. Now they’re crowing about how successful they were, and will probably do it again at the next opportunity to the next target. Europe is on the way down. Nigel Farrage might manage to pull the UK out of the vortex on time. Let’s pray that he does.