All Nigel Farage ever wanted was to get Britain out of the EU. With that accomplished, he's ready to leave politics behind.
"I have never been, and I have never wanted to be, a career politician," said Farage as he announced his resignation at a press conference on July 4.
Farage was the leader of the Britain's far-right United Kingdom Independence Party, or UKIP. He was a leading propenent of the Brexit, and famously once resigned and immediately unresigned in order to lead the Brexit fight. He joins Boris Johnson as the second major Brexit player to reject the baton of conservative leadership in the U.K.
The Guardian reports:
The MEP insisted his latest resignation was for good but raised the prospect of taking some role in negotiating Britain’s exit from the EU, saying he “might have something to give.”
The race to find a successor will now begin, with possible candidates including deputy leader Paul Nuttall, immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe, culture spokesman Peter Whittle, Suzanne Evans, who is currently suspended, Diane James, an MEP, or the party’s only MP, Douglas Carswell.
Farage says he will closely observe the renegotiation process in Brussels, and will also keep one foot in politics, if not in the U.K.
"I'm also very keen to help the independence movements that are springing up in other parts of the European Union," he said. "Because I'm certain of one thing: you haven't seen the last country that wants to leave the EU."
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