Farage steps down

Nigel Farage says he is standing down as leader of the UK Independence Party.
Mr Farage said his "political ambition has been achieved" with the UK having voted to leave the EU.
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.
Leading UKIP was "tough at times" but "all worth it" said Mr Farage, who is also an MEP. He added that the UK needed a "Brexit prime minister".

Mr Farage said the party would campaign against "backsliding" on the UK's exit from the EU, saying he planned to see out his term in the European Parliament - describing his party as "the turkeys that voted for Christmas".
He said his party's "greatest potential" lay in attracting Labour voters, adding that he would not be backing any particular candidate to replace him.
"May the best man or woman win," he said.
Mr Farage said he would "bury the hatchet with anybody" including UKIP's sole MP Douglas Carswell, who tweeted an emoji picture of a smiley face as the leader's resignation was announced.
The two have repeatedly clashed and tensions rose when they backed rival Leave campaigns ahead of the referendum.
Mr Carswell told the BBC's Daily Politics Mr Farage had "played a role" in the EU referendum, but said his departure represented a "huge opportunity" for the party.
He described the chances of him running for leader as "somewhere between nil and zero" and said the winning candidate had to "steer UKIP away from the temptation of becoming an angry, nativist party."
Mr Farage announced his decision to stand aside in a speech in London, saying: "I want my life back, and it begins right now."
He has been leader of UKIP for most of the past eight years, standing down briefly in 2009 and being re-elected the following year.
He said he would quit after failing to win his seat at last year's general election, but stayed on after the party rejected his resignation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36702468

how convenient that he steps down now, just like BoJo, no backbone to actually take Brexit forward and make it work for the country.
Perhaps he finally realised how deeply unpopular he is.

Norpig wrote:
Perhaps he finally realised how deeply unpopular he is.

Or what a fucking disaster for Britain leaving the EU is going to be.
Or what's going to happen to his popularity with his own supporters when they finally realise that what he promised was undeliverable and in fact he has made theirs - and everyone's situation so much worse. 

The lying little shit knows perfectly well he can't deliver on any of his promises so he's getting out so that someone else can be blamed - but I for one won't forget what he's done.

I honestly think he will be remembered for destroying our economy, killing off the NHS, increasing immigration, losing Gibraltar to the Spanish, causing the break up of Britain and lowering the standard of living for everyone.

wanderlust wrote:

Norpig wrote:
Perhaps he finally realised how deeply unpopular he is.

Or what a fucking disaster for Britain leaving the EU is going to be.
Or what's going to happen to his popularity with his own supporters when they finally realise that what he promised was undeliverable and in fact he has made theirs - and everyone's situation so much worse. 

The lying little shit knows perfectly well he can't deliver on any of his promises so he's getting out so that someone else can be blamed - but I for one won't forget what he's done.

I honestly think he will be remembered for destroying our economy, killing off the NHS, increasing immigration, losing Gibraltar to the Spanish, causing the break up of Britain and lowering the standard of living for everyone.

Agreed Lusty- one by one these bombastic chaos mongers run away from the disaster they've caused. They really are a bunch of hypocritical bastards who deserve nothing but contempt for what they've done. And they haven't got the balls to stay and participate in the disaster that they've created

Yeah, but there's going to be less Africans claiming benefits from now on, so everything will be ok, won't it.....?

Breadman wrote:Yeah, but there's going to be less Africans claiming benefits from now on, so everything will be ok, won't it.....?

No there won't and no it won't be

rammywhite wrote:

Breadman wrote:Yeah, but there's going to be less Africans claiming benefits from now on, so everything will be ok, won't it.....?

No there won't and no it won't be

Yeah, I know......

But someone who I know voted Leave said that to me last week and it took all the restraint I could muster not to punch the idiot in the throat.

Yes talk about hypocritical. You want someone to participate in the government when he hasn't been elected to do so. I don't think some of the remain lot understand democracy.

20 years of his life plotting evil. 

Copper Dragon wrote:Yes talk about hypocritical. You want someone to participate in the government when he hasn't been elected to do so. I don't think some of the remain lot understand democracy.

20 years of his life plotting evil. 

Unfortunately he is too stupid to plot his way out of a wet paper bag but at least he's finally realised it.

Here's an old favourite: the article that revealed that Farage's great granddad was a penniless German immigrant who came to the UK to find a better life....

Farage exposed as German sleeper agent sent to destroy Britain from within....

German heritage, German wife, shafts the country then quits......coincidence? I don't think so.

Saw this on Twitter

Johnson and Farage - a couple of jakeys who wake up from a binge having shat the bed, then sneak out the doss house by the back door.

I completely agree with Nigel Farage. No honestly, I do. I too want my life back. The life I, and the country had to look forward to before his lies, manipulation, deceit, and ego massaging power trip of a campaign. He stirred up what were legitimate issues with status quo, with austerity, with being heard, into a vote against an institution best placed, with our input to effect some change, to create a community capable of resolving those issues. Decent people voted Leave based on what he said, and racists took their vote as support for their extreme views. As more and more consequences of the referendum become more and more painful, to more and more people, I totally empathise with his desire to retreat to his own life. And it would be wrong and judgemental of me to call him the biggest cockwomble ever just for causing this, then bailing. Probably best just to work hard to get back to the life we had, and future generations deserve, let him get on with his gardening...he wouldn't come back again, would he?

Well that's the first time I've seen a liberal use 'cockwomble'. 

I bet Paddy Ashdown uses 'cockleshells' instead though.

Copper Dragon wrote:Well that's the first time I've seen a liberal use 'cockwomble'. 

I bet Paddy Ashdown uses 'cockleshells' instead though.

I see what you did there.

SBS and all that.

He'll be writing his bestselling autobiography "Breaksit and Leaves".

The man deserves credit, ten years from now he'll have his own gold statue.

Give it a rest surely even you can see he's sold you down the river by now, stop WUMing for a reaction

Chairmanda wrote:I completely agree with Nigel Farage. No honestly, I do. I too want my life back. The life I, and the country had to look forward to before his lies, manipulation, deceit, and ego massaging power trip of a campaign. He stirred up what were legitimate issues with status quo, with austerity, with being heard, into a vote against an institution best placed, with our input to effect some change, to create a community capable of resolving those issues. Decent people voted Leave based on what he said, and racists took their vote as support for their extreme views. As more and more consequences of the referendum become more and more painful, to more and more people, I totally empathise with his desire to retreat to his own life. And it would be wrong and judgemental of me to call him the biggest cockwomble ever just for causing this, then bailing. Probably best just to work hard to get back to the life we had, and future generations deserve, let him get on with his gardening...he wouldn't come back again, would he?

Here is an official member of Liberal Democrats saying that  it is good riddance that the cockwomble has gone for what he has created in this country - mantra for racist attacks, and all the lies that has been said about the EU for the Leave result and then for him to disappear and lead the country into the unknown territory!

Thankfully the referendum is not legally binding and need a majority vote in the Commons for Article 50 t b invoked and hopefully that will never happen, otherwise what happened to Greece will be far far worse for the UK.

bwfc71 wrote:

otherwise what happened to Greece will be far far worse for the UK.

I'm sorry mate but you've lost the plot when you're comparing our economy to Greece's, there austerity was because they'd bankrupt the country, lied about the economy to get EU bail outs and then spat the dummy because they had to pay it back.

Article 50 will be invoked, it has to, they'll be public uproar if it doesn't.

If we had another referendum tomorrow, leave would still win, despite all the scaremongering and threats of what could happen.

The chicken dipper eaters, Jeremy Kyle watching wanted change, and won!!!