You may not be familiar with UK politics so I'll be fair here when I say that there has -always- been a section of the general electorate that have supported this kind of complete bullshit being peddled by Nigel.
Previously it was peddled by UKIP, or the Conservatives, or the Brexit Party, and even in some cases certain fringes of the Labour Party.
Yeah that's what I mean about our horrible system of voting. It's pretty fucking tragic. Our current government promised voting reform but they've been wholly untrustworthy when it comes to the majority of their claims thus far so I don't know if we'll see it.