Nigel Farage

British politician · United Kingdom · Politicians · Born 1964 · age 62

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The man who shoved Britain toward the exit door. Farage turned Euroscepticism from a fringe obsession into a referendum-winning force, then rode the chaos into a political second act that now leads UK polls.

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A life in dates

2026Member of the 59th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice11×member of the 59th Parliament of the United Kingdom: a change of office on 13 August 2026.13 August 2026What this moment rests on, 11 times the usual readers on 14 August 2026See the moment2024Member of the 59th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice2024-20262012“The situation in Greece just goes from bad to worse.”In their words31 May 2012Segment from an article on the UKIP website, 31 May 2012. On the edge of social breakdownRead the whole statement

“The EU is mired in deep structural crisis. Greece, Portugal and Ireland cannot survive inside the Euro.”In their words18 May 2012Segment from an article in the New York Times newspaper, 18 May 2012. Can Europe be saved? Should it?Read the whole statement

“When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, I'm not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore.”In their words9 May 2012Speech in the European Parliament, 9 May 2012. Farage: We face the prospect of mass civil unrest, even revolutionRead the whole statement

“And what is the reaction of the British political class? Well the Lib Dems, still think that the Euro is a success! I don't quite think where Cleggy gets this from, I don't know.”In their words21 February 2012Another segment of a speech held in a UKIP meeting on 21 February 2012. When Nigel Farage explains on the reactions on Labour, ConservativeRead the whole statement

2010“I have been called a great many things in my time - that's politics.”In their wordsUpon being fined €2,980 for "inappropriate behaviour" towards Herman Van Rompuy, EU President - Nigel Farage fined for verbal attack on EURead the whole statement

Leader of the UK Independence PartyOffice2010-20162006Leader of the UK Independence PartyOffice2006-20092002“I think that politics needs a bit of spicing up.”In their wordsIn response to criticism of an anti-euro advertisement which showed Adolf Hitler promoting the single currency - Hitler anti-euro adRead the whole statement

1964Born3 April 1964

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Farage's 1999 portrait as an MEP

Farage at the UKIP Conference in 2009

Farage at the opening of the UKIP office in Basingstoke, in 2012

Farage in 2015

Farage in 2016

Farage in the European Parliament plenary session in January 2019 with Frans Timmermans

In their own words 10

Nigel Farage

10 statements, newest first

If Spain goes, Europe on its own will not be big enough to save the banks.
May 31, 2012, Segment from an article on the UKIP website, 31 May 2012. On the edge of social breakdown, Own words
The situation in Greece just goes from bad to worse.
May 31, 2012, Segment from an article on the UKIP website, 31 May 2012. On the edge of social breakdown, Own words
The EU is mired in deep structural crisis. Greece, Portugal and Ireland cannot survive inside the Euro.
May 18, 2012, Segment from an article in the New York Times newspaper, 18 May 2012. Can Europe be saved? Should it?, Own words

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Nigel Paul Farage was born 3 April 1964 and spent 14 years in the Conservative Party before breaking away in 1992. Elected to the European Parliament in 1999, he led UKIP through two stints - 2006 to 2009, then 2010 to 2016 - transforming it from sideshow to pressure lever. UKIP's surge at the 2014 European election helped force David Cameron to call the 2016 EU membership referendum. After that vote passed, Farage resigned, then co-founded the Brexit Party in 2018 when withdrawal stalled; renamed Reform UK in 2021, it won the most UK votes at the 2019 European election. He returned as Reform leader in 2024, won the Clacton seat, and has since watched his party lead national polls and sweep local elections in 2025 and 2026.

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