Article: MAKING PLANS WITH NIGEL Ukip's laddish leader is on a mission to transform his party into a major and lasting political force. First, though, he has to overcome his internal critics, a court case, an expenses probe, a suspicious wife and, er, make it out of the pub.

Re-load!'' bellows Nigel Farage, slamming his empty pint glass down on the polished wood of the bar. It is twenty past one on a Friday afternoon and the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party is, it would seem, up for it.

Mr Farage is apparently enjoying The Sunday Telegraph's company. Earlier, for our photographer, he had posed with some relish for 30 minutes in front of Buckingham Palace. We had then repaired to Ukip's spartan office near St James's Park, where, during a 90-minute interview, coffee came served in a Conservative Party mug. After that, Mr Farage suggested we move on to the Two Chairmen, a pub in Westminster, where we are now firmly ensconced with soon-to-be ...

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