Nigel Farage Resigns As UK Independence Party Leader
MEP: Nigel Farage has resigned as UK independence party leader (UKIP) just two weeks after Britons voted to leave the European Union.
Speaking at a press conference in Westminster on Monday morning, he said it was time to get his life back after successfully campaigning for the UK to vote for Brexit.
“I have never been and I have never wanted to be a career politician,”
“I couldn’t possibly achieve more than we managed to achieve in the referendum. So I think it’s right that I should stand aside as leader of UKIP,” he added.
He said the party was in a “pretty good place” and said he would not change his mind about quitting as he did after the 2015 general election.
Farage noted that he will remain as an MEP and continue to support Ukip, which he said is in a “sound position”.
It is the third time he has resigned as Ukip leader, but he ruled out coming back again in the future.
Farage, 52, was originally leader from 2006 to 2009 and came back to the job after the 2010 election. He then stepped down after the 2015 election, only to “unresign” and return to fight the campaign to leave the EU.
“Ukip is in a good position and will continue, with my full support to attract a significant vote. Whilst we will now leave the European Union the terms of our withdrawal are unclear. If there is too much backsliding by the Government and with the Labour Party detached from many of its voters then Ukip’s best days may yet to come”, he added.
