Nigel Farage is a happy man. The Brexit party, a pro-Brexit political party he started just six weeks ago, has witnessed a meteoric rise; it grabbed 32 per cent of the vote and stormed to victory in the European Parliament elections in the UK. In Maidenhead, Prime Minister Teresa May’s constituency, the Brexit party won most votes, pushing the Conservatives to the third position.
On the other hand, the Liberal Democrats, with their anti-Brexit stance, surged to the second place with 20 per cent of the vote. The two ‘main’ political parties -Labour and Conservatives- have lost ground; they are the biggest losers, languishing behind with 14 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively. For Nigel Farage, these results are a trump card. After the provisional election results were announced, he said:
Never before in British politics has a new party, launched just six weeks ago, topped the polls in a national election. The reason, of course, is very obvious. We voted to leave in a referendum; we were supposed to do so on March the 29th, and, we haven’t. There’s a huge message here, massive message here. The Labour and Conservative parties could learn a big lesson from tonight, though I don’t suppose they actually will. The new date is the 31st of October. We in the Brexit party have got men and women of considerable business experience. We want to be part of that negotiating team. We want to take responsibility for what’s happening, and we’re ready to do so. I hope the Government is listening. I have to say this – if we don’t leave On October the 31st, then the scores you have seen for the Brexit party today will be repeated in a general election, and we are getting ready for it.
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