I know. The mode of Farridge's rise is strikingly similar, on the back of a politically alienated working class that used to vote Labour.
Apparently regions that voted leave were hardest hit by Cameron's austerity budget cuts.
Yep, they also generally gained lots of EU funding which they'll now lose and not likely have much from the government to replace it. Turkeys voting for christmas and all that.
Those areas are also traditional Labour heartlands in which many of the alienated white working class have started voting UKIP.