The evidence matches Farage’s claim that politics had not made him abandon his hobbies. In a 2012 Guardian profile, he was described as still spending his recreation sea fishing, with the article also noting his battlefield-travel outings and other non-political interests. In 2015, The Independent quoted him directly saying, “My hobbies haven’t gone away.” That is consistent with the 2011 statement that he had not given up all his hobbies just because he wanted to be a politician. Sources: The Guardian, “Nigel Farage: I was never scared of being out on a limb” (20 July 2012); The Independent, “Nigel Farage admits he 'doesn’t listen to music, watch TV or read' – and that he's 'stretched' leading Ukip and running to become an MP” (30 March 2015).