Nigel Farage has decided to resign as leader of the UK Independence Party in order to fight the Buckingham seat in the next General Election full-time. I am highly dubious over this decision. The major reason that Farage's challenge to John Bercow is newsworthy is because Farage is the leader of UKIP. It may well be that once he resigns as leader he will suddenly find himself starved of the media air he needs to mount a strong challenge in that seat.
Of course, it could be the new UKIP leader who is starved of media attention as any media who want to interview someone involved with UKIP come to Farage rather than whoever is the new leader.
It may be a brilliant move - giving him time to fight the seat rather than having to race all over the country to help candidates. Or it may make it more difficult for him to challenge an entrenched incumbent. We will only know on election night.
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