But…

Mr. Farage appeared to maybe kind of reinforce the theory of why Tucker interviewed Putin at the very late hour he did and the attendant failure of the primary purpose for the interview.

Nigel agreed with Ben, replying: “He did ask about the journalist, to which Putin, of course, had a very strong answer, which is because we caught him red handed – so you can believe that, you can disbelieve that.

“But not to have asked about the state of democracy in Russia, not to have asked about Navalny was a major failing of the interview.

“And now in line with what’s happened today. It does look like Tucker failed, frankly.”

Putin would have had a strong answer about Navalny, which is that the Russians also caught him red handed – on video. Democracy… Democracy. The state of “democracy” in Russia is also strong because it is, as Emmanuel Todd notes, a form of authoritarian democracy. Whole Process Democracy, as the CPC calls it, might be better phraseology.

As for Farage, maybe he, like so many in his circles, has Navalny on the brain right now. Literally no one else does, especially people in Russia.

Democracy, Navalny, Tucker’s mission failed… Nah, coincidence.