I am delighted to announce that Paul 'Gobby' Lambert is set to become UKIP's new Director of Communications. He's one of the best in town.

— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) December 7, 2014

In view of today's announcement think I shall be applying for the now vacant job of shouting "Are you going to resign Minister?"

— Media Guido (@MediaGuido) December 7, 2014

Gobby is quite simply a Westminster legend. His actual name is Paul Lambert and he says “UKIP is today the place to be if you want to be a part of a party that is changing the face of British politics for the better…”. When a senior UKIP source told Guido this was on the cards last week, Guido just did not believe them. Let’s see how he copes with being on the other side of the camera…