Nigel Farage on top of a tank at York Hall, London, 2 April 2026. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA What counts as beyond the pale these days? Having successfully pushed back the cordon sanitaire that surrounds British politics, Nigel Farage is struggling to work out where, precisely, it now lies. Some decisions are simple. Attacks on Grenfell victims are, and have always been, beyond the bounds of decency.