Don’t mock the ‘hapless’ Brexiters – they are still pulling all the strings | Nick Cohen

Ukip is dead but Nigel Farage remains the most significant politician since Margaret Thatcher, his influence everywhereIt’s easy to laugh at Britain’s unpopular populists. Ukip is dead. Farage has been reduced to being a minor radio personality in Britain and a down-the-bill warm-up act in Trump country. As for the supposedly serious Brexiters, the Observer’s revelations will surely discredit the Vote Leave crew, assuming they have any credit left to diss, that is. Related: Rev