Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Tuesday he was leaving the United Kingdom Independence Party which he used to pressure the ruling Conservative Party into gambling on a Brexit referendum.<\/b>
\nLONDON (Reuters) – Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Tuesday he was leaving the United Kingdom Independence Party which he used to pressure the ruling Conservative Party into gambling on a Brexit referendum.
Farage, as UKIP leader, put pressure on former Prime Minister David Cameron to promise an EU referendum and then helped lead the successful campaign to leave the bloc.
But after stepping down as UKIP leader following the referendum, Farage has been critical of the party which he cast as disorganized and poorly led.
\u201cI am leaving UKIP today,\u201d Farage said. \u201cThere is a huge space for a Brexit party in British politics, but it wont be filled by UKIP.\u201d
Farage criticized a decision by the current leader, Gerard Batten, to appoint far-right activist Tommy Robinson as an adviser.
Once ridiculed by Cameron as the leader of a bunch of \u201cfruitcakes and loonies and closet racists,\u201d Farage has repeatedly taunted EU leaders over what he calls the \u201cBrexit revolution.\u201d
He is a keen supporter of Donald Trump and was pictured with him beside a golden lift shortly after the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n