Of course, they would say that, wouldn’t they? But their optimism is certainly supported by the local residents who form my entirely unscientific focus group. “Nigel Farage is a great speaker,” one Ramsgate resident acknowledges. “But I won’t be voting for him." Why not? “I’m not sure … it’s … I think it’s the way he speaks about immigration. Or not him perhaps – he’s quite controlled – but the rest of them. They can’t help pushing it a bit too far."