Nigel Farage has announced that his favourite world leader is Putin. Yes, the same Putin who is helping Assad in Syria, and riding roughshod over international law to annex the Crimea. The Ukip man was quick to add that he didn’t necessarily agree with all of the “Russian bear’s” actions, but does find his style as an “operator” profoundly admirable. Beauty, we suppose, is in the eye of the beholder...


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