Nigel Farage is a diva. His vanities make other politicians look pallid and small. Fortunately for him, mainstream and alternative media journalists and commentators kept him aloft for years. Then, in the last few months, the supreme leader lost his shine. His affairs began to be investigated. He, by then an MP for Clacton, was livid and had become ill-tempered. On 7 July, Farage threw a hissy fit and flounced off, forcing a by-election in Clacton, which he won again, beating Count Binface (all the major parties refused to field a candidate). He was back in the limelight, his happy...