Nigel Farage: I won’t change my mind again

Nigel Farage has stepped down as the leader of Ukip following last month’s vote to leave the European Union, saying he had achieved the aim for which he went into politics.

Mr Farage, 52, has had two stints as leader of the Eurosceptic party since 2006, and announced he was quitting the post after failing to win a Commons seat in the 2015 general election, only to change his mind days later.

This time he said he would not go back on the decision. However, he will continue as an MEP and indicated he hoped to play a role in the process of negotiating the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.