BREAKING: Nigel Farage resigns as UKIP leader

FILE - A Tuesday, June 28, 2016 image from files showing the leader of the United Kingdom Independene Party, Nigel Farage, sitting next to a British flag during a special session of European Parliament in Brussels. Farage announced Monday, July 4, 2016 that he is resigning as leader of the party. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
Picture by: Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP/Press Association Images

Nigel Farage has resigned as leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).

Mr Farage has stepped down following last month’s vote to leave the European Union saying he had achieved the aim for which he came into politics.

In a speech he said his main goal in politics was to get the UK to leave the EU, and now the country has voted for that, he will step down.

Mr Farage has quit once before, but he insists this time it’s for good.

More to follow.

 

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