He certainly did. He made the calculation that there were more votes in being seen to fight for one of his villages - as he would have put it - than supporting a football club from neighbouring Sodom and Gamorrah. The utter contempt that the ruling (Liberal Party) cabal showed for Tim Carder...
Unusually, I find myself disagreeing with you. I loathe Farage, Robinson, Fransen and all the other populist headbangers but if people vote for them in sufficient numbers then it should be reflected in seats in parliament.
As an old Liberal I don't see how I can think anything else.