But Booldawg...that is exactly what they are doing, entertaining fruitcakes !
This incident does nothing to counter UKIP's popular reputation for looniness, and Farage, despite what he says on my BBC News link, seems to be incapable of taking control of the situation, in any shape or form. He is allowing attention to be drawn away from the things that he wants to say, onto defending the indefensible. He will be asked questions today and the days following, not about UKIP's education policy, or health policy, or anything else important, but will instead be plagued by reporters asking why he let this fruitcake into his party and why he thought he was suitable to appear on their TV broadcast.
We all know that he has zero chance of winning the next General Election, but he should be thinking long term. Politicians are never remembered for kissing babies, but everybody recalls when they drop one.