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> his party is so small that he couldn't make any difference anyway

> He's done enough damage

These seem contradictory.

His party has only 1 single seat. But Farage as a person has been instrumental in creating strife. Much like Wilders in NL (who has far more seats in parliament here), politically he doesn't have much clout but he is very capable of fomenting dissent and division within our society (and the press is complicit in giving him a disproportional amount of airtime to spew his provocative bile).

> His party has only 1 single seat.

Number of seats in Parliament is a poor measure of influence. UKIP has had a major impact on British politics, particularly at the last General Election.

So much so that the EU Referendum was called, and indeed, a majority voted to fulfil the central purpose of UKIP.

His party hasn't made any difference, he as an individual has.

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