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Nigel Farage cannot lead the Out campaign

If he does, he will alienate Tory Eurosceptics

23 May 2015

9:00 AM

23 May 2015

9:00 AM

When I was asked to write this article I intended to start by saying that Nigel Farage had to choose whether he preferred that Britain should leave the EU or that he should remain Ukip’s leader, because the two were incompatible. I hope I was wrong about that, but there is some truth in it, and Nigel stated his own view a couple of months ago.

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Stuart Wheeler made his fortune through IG Index, the spread-betting firm he founded. As Ukip treasurer, he was asked by Nigel Farage to ‘raise serious money’.

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