I would never be right wing enough to vote for UKIP or agree with their policies, plus I am particularly put off by their appalling attendance and performance in Europe re voting on important issues. They have been branded as the laziest party/bunch of MEPs in Europe with the worst attendance and voting records and the worst work performance in return for their expenses jollies.

When they do bother to turn up to vote, on some issues/laws they will vote against what most UK citizens believe (e.g. 6 UKIP members voted against a motion to clamp down on the illegal ivory trade) just on principle to vote against anything that might expand EU powers, regardless of the issue.  That's crazy to me.  

Personally I think the endless photos of Farage with a pint in his hand / beer glass on his head and his wife’s comments that he drinks too much make him look a bit of an oaf, but as long as it doesn’t interfere with his ability to do a competent job I suppose it doesn’t matter. It's not his love of beer that most worries me.