Paul Nuttall: a man who “reached into the policy dustbin of the BNP”

Today Red Box pays tribute to a giant who left the political stage this year. A man who defied the pundits, and destroyed a political party in the process. His own.

A man whose CV could not have been more flaky if he had written it on the side of a bus.

A man who claimed to have played football for Tranmere Rovers. He hadn’t. He claimed to have a PhD. He hadn’t. He claimed to have lost close friends in the Hillsborough disaster. He hadn’t.

A man who hid from questions about Hillsborough and spent two days “watching all of the Police Academy films”. And then went on television and gave us the best quote from any party leader ever: “I’ve never been caught