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Whether or not Ukip wins, this month’s European election campaign has belonged to one politician alone: Nigel Farage. Single-handedly he has brought these otherwise moribund elections to life. Single-handedly he has restored passion, genuine debate and meaning to politics. Single-handedly he has reinvented British democracy.
This is a superlative achievement, and Mr Farage deserves to be celebrated.
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Peter Oborne is chief political commentator of the Daily Telegraph and an associate editor of The Spectator.
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