Nigel Farage, resigns as leader of UKIP – Swedish Dagbladet

at Monday’s press conference announced that Nigel Farage that he resigns as paritledare for UKIP. Photo: Stefan Rousseau / AP

– I’ve done in the middle, says Nigel Farage, according to Bloomberg News.

52- year-old was one of the most prominent proponents of brexit side facing the EU referendum. Nigel Farage took over the leadership of the right-wing populist party UKIP 2010. He is a member of the European Parliament since 1999 and has been known for several controversial statements.

– During the vote, said that I wanted back my country. Now I want my life back, says Nigel Farage during a press conference on Monday, according to The Guardian.

UKIP leader says he will continue to support the party and help the “independence movements” in the rest of Europe, report Reuters news agency. During the press conference, he announces that he and the party’s other members in the European Parliament will remain until the UK leaving the EU, which he believes will happen in two years.

A new leader UKIP will be elected during the party congress in the autumn.

during the press conference, Mr Farage also the question of who he would prefer to see as the new leader of the Tories. He did not say any names, but said that it should be someone from brexit page.

During the last year British parliamentary elections went UKIP strongly forward and became the third largest party. Because of the British electoral system, the party has, however, only a few seats in Parliament. 2014 UKIP was the largest British party in the European Parliament with 27 percent of the vote.

When Nigel Farage, on Monday announced his resignation for UKIP, he did it for the third time. The first resignation announcement came before he got down as party leader in 2009. The second announcement came last year, when it was clear that he was not given a seat in the British Parliament, despite the party’s great electoral success.

EU -kommissionens Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker criticized UKIP last week during a speech in the European Parliament.

– It’s the last time you applaud this. To some extent, I am surprised that you are at all here. You fight for an exit. The British people voted for secession. Why are you here? said Jean-Claude Juncker.

The defection is a of several after the historic referendum. Prime Minister David Cameron announced the day after the vote that he will leave the post of leader of the Tories. Brexit-advocate Boris Johnson announced last week that he was not a candidate for the post of leader of the party, which surprised many analysts.