No Joe. I have always been anti-EU but no supporter of ukip.
but that Farage and UKIP fit into the "lunatic fringe."

I do not think they are lunatic fringe and would ask why you do.
Before UKIP all the established parties were pro EU. There was a gap in the market which they filled, and proved to be very popular.

It is not lunacy to question the value of being in the EU.