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Problem is, a lot of people seem to be excited about Nigel Farage's interview on #Marr this morning for the wrong reasons. Yes, he got shouty. Yes, he refused to answer questions. But if you watch it carefully, there will probably be half a dozen usable soundbites he can exerpt.
It's unalloyed Trump playbook. Show yourself facing off an "aggressive" media that isn't asking the "right" questions and sprinkle with a generous amount of "betrayal" and "attack on democracy". Consequence is, viewers think you lost. But your base by and large won't be watching.
But they might see that 15 second clip somebody forwarded to them on Twitter or Facebook of you facing down that bully interviewer and desperately trying to get him to focus on the thing that matters i.e. the European elections.
So it may feel like a win. But I doubt it will work out that way.
