Paul 'Gobby' Lambert: Ukip's latest recruit is from the BBC

Most defectors to Ukip get the full flashbulb treatment, wheeled out to wild applause at a party conference or before a gathering of excitable reporters. But the Farage army's latest recruit, a man known inside Westminster as the legend that is "Gobby", will manage his move from press pack to party HQ in the manner to which he is accustomed – cloaked behind the scenes in his trademark mac, fag in hand.