Nigel Farage Resigns as UKIP Leader

nsnbc : Nigel Farage resigned as leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), saying that he had won his country back, and now he wanted his life back. The decision comes as UKIP, after being the major driving force behind the UK’s Brexit vote, seeks to re-brand and re-position itself.

Nigel Farage_UKIP_UK_JUl 2016Delivering his resignation speech Nigel Farage noted that not everybody in the UK is happy and that a lot of young people have been wound-up by scare stories. Young people, who are very angry and very scared about their future, Farage said.

Farage noted that it’s an irony that is the youth and people under thirty in the UK and right across the European Union that are worried and protesting in the street against undemocratic centralized control, against the euro, and against everything that emanates from Brussels.

Farage expressed his hope that in time some of these scars can be healed and that people will experience that life outside the EU is really exiting and the we have a much better and brighter future when we are in charge of our own lives, he added.

Commenting on stock market reactions Farage noted that the FTSE had recovered swiftly, and he stressed that it was exiting to see that it was the Commonwealth countries that were among the first to rush forward to sign a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom. Farage said that the country needs strong leadership, direction, and not business as usual. Farage assured that he is certain of one thing, and that is that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. He stressed that:

“We have won the referendum, and in terms of our parliament and in terms of our courts that is a great historic victory. What I am less certain of is what deal is this government gonna cut. We need a new prime minister who puts down some pretty clear red lines, who is not going to give in on issues like free movement. We need a prime minister who is not gonna sell us out, to what is know as the single market but in effect a big-business protectionist cartel”.

Farage stressed that the UK needs a vision from a new leader. A vision that shows that the UK will engage with the world and turn it into an enterprise economy. Farage stressed that to succeed and to do that, the UK needs a team of negotiators from across the political spectrum which reflects that Brexit vote, and crucially, the UK needs some business people who know not only how the world works, but understand the importance of lobbying industry directly, he added.

Farage noted that lobbying must start before elections in Germany and France, and it must happen internationally and globally. Addressing the question about the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Farage said:

“We have clearly established ourselves as the third political force in this country, and this year we extended our elected representation to the Welsh Assembly and the London Assembly. I have no doubt that without us, without the growth in UKIP, there would not have been a referendum. And there’s also no doubt that when it came to the ground campaign in this referendum it was the people’s army of UKIP who went out there, delivering the leaflets, putting out the posters, and doing all that work that needed desperately to be done.”

Farage also stressed that he believes that it was UKIP’s work that inspired non-voters to come out there and make the difference. He underpinned that UKIP needs to be strong, and that it needs to be strong to get the UK the best possible terms. He observed that UKIP also had established a core group of voters who want to support the party at every given opportunity; voters who see UKIP as the one party that actually stands up for ordinary, decent people.

Farage noted that UKIP had reaped the benefits of a Labour party that is in disarray and that this disarray is not likely to disappear any time soon. He also stressed that UKIP needs to strengthen its leadership so as to face new challenges. Moreover, he stressed that if the UK does not get a good Brexit deal, “then in 2020, watch this space”. Addressing speculations about his own future, Nigel Farage said that he first of all wants to thank  all who have supported him over the years. Farage noted that he came into politics from business because he believed that this country (UK) should be self-governed. He added:

“I have never been, and I have never wanted to be a career politician. My aim in being in politics was to get the UK out of the European Union. That is what we voted for in that referendum two weeks ago; And that is why I now feel, that I have done my bit, and that I couldn’t possibly achieve more than what we managed to get in that referendum; And so I feel it’s right, that I should now stand aside as leader of UKIP”.

Farage stressed that he will continue to support the party and the new leader, that he will watch the renegotiation process in Brussels like a hawk, and perhaps comment in the European Parliament from time to time. He underpinned that he is also very keen to help the independence movements in other parts of the EU spring up because he is certain that other countries will want to leave the EU too. ON a personal note, Farage noted:

“It has been a huge chunk of my life doing this and it’s not easy. Perhaps when you feel a degree of ownership of something, to let it go. But it does, as I say, at a cost, It has come at a cost to me, and it has come at a cost to those around me. During the referendum campaign I said I want my country back; And what I am saying today, is I want my life back, and it begins right now. Thank you.”

Perhaps the political career of Nigel Farage his success, but especially the asinine propaganda against him has shown the price that people who are cosmopolitan, but prioritize national interests above a globalist agenda, have to pay in a west that is dominated by dictates of political correctness, enforced by compliant and complicit media.

Country first policies are denounced as ultra-nationalism, opposition against the import of workers from low-income countries who undercut trade unions and wages is denounced as racism, and opposition against waves of migrants / refugees, caused by wars and policies to which the UK and EU have contributed is construed as inhumane and racist, fascist or akin to Nazi-policy. Meanwhile, these same media fail to report about the causes of the refugee crisis, concerted globalist efforts aimed at destroying national cultural values, or even the fact that the EU, not once, has delivered a full audit of its economy.

UKIP will have to re-brand and re-position itself, and Farage will have to take a deep breath and start his new life. Looking at the track record of this not-too-old fox who has shown more foresight than most of his contemporary  colleagues in British politics, it is almost certain that Farage already has imprinted a detailed cognitive map that helps him arrive at his next foxhole without loosing his way.

CH/L – nsnbc 05.07.2016

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