Farage has only got one… chance to remain leader

By the numbers: the life and times (and promise to stand down if he loses South Thanet) of Nigel Farage

UKIP leader Nigel Farage outside polling station in Biggin Hill
LONDON, MAY: Ukip leader Nigel Farage poses outside a polling station in Biggin Hill, south east London. His party made major gains in local council elections, particularly in Essex and South Yorkshire, and has gained further support over the year.
(Image credit: 2014 Getty Images)

The Daily Telegraph is serialising Ukip leader Nigel Farage’s memoir, The Purple Revolution: The Year That Changed Everything. Here, by the numbers, are one or two things we have learned as a result:

1 The number of testicles he possesses. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer as a 21-year-old: the operation saved the need for chemotherapy.

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