Alas poor Dicky. Put not your trust in Nigel. For in him there is no salvation.
It’s not easy being Richard Tice. A man who has spent much of his recent life in Nigel Farage’s shadow. Pushed around. Made to feel worthless. Losing what self-respect he may have had by the day.
Before the last election campaign began, Dicky had been the leader of Reform. A party that had been going nowhere very much under his charisma-free control. Dicky would speak and no one would listen. Then Nige decided to rise from the dead. To elbow Dicky aside. No consultation. No apology. Dicky was told to consider himself lucky he had been demoted to the near meaningless title of deputy leader.
All of which Dicky duly did. He sucked it up. Because that was always the nature of their relationship. Nigel first, Dicky nowhere. It’s almost painful to watch them together sometimes. The desperation in Tice’s eyes. His gratitude when Farage stops ignoring him and deigns to condescend to him instead.
Dicky has learned to feed on scraps. You can see his desire to ride the Nige wave.
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