It's win-win for him. Leave wins. He's a hero. Leave loses. He gets to keep his "job," and remains a martyr for the cause. The problem here is referenda and

It's win-win for him. Leave wins. He's a hero. Leave loses. He gets to keep his "job," and remains a martyr for the cause. The problem here is referenda and "winning" or "losing" them. Any sane system would have interpreted an outcome like 48-52 with a soft approach (exactly what happened in Norway), not a winner-takes-all mentality. Maybe it's an outcome of FPTP and a two party system. As long as referenda are treated as football matches, the outcome doesn't really matter. They will sow discord and divide society. "Discord and division" is exactly the sort of environment the likes of Farage thrive in. It doesn't matter to them what the outcome is as long as it creates strife and hardens opinions.