The establishment is running scared!
A really, I did catch a bit of a Tice interview. He said that the parties would have preferred to drag this out for months, and then have a by-election. Nigel is pre-empting that, by doing it now. Which has some pretty large logical flaws in it.
The Beeb were caught out gunning for them in that way they do to parties they don't like. One was complaining about the cost, and when told Farage was paying for it, reverse ferreted into should it be allowed for someone to pay for it.
Sadly, hacks not really up to holding people to account.