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Brexit vote will oust David Cameron as PM, says Farage | Brexit vote will oust David Cameron as PM, says Farage |
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David Cameron will not remain as prime minister if voters back Brexit on 23 June, Nigel Farage has claimed. | David Cameron will not remain as prime minister if voters back Brexit on 23 June, Nigel Farage has claimed. |
The Ukip leader told BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show that voters have the chance to make Britain a “self-governing, self-confident” country by supporting the Leave campaign at the forthcoming referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. | The Ukip leader told BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show that voters have the chance to make Britain a “self-governing, self-confident” country by supporting the Leave campaign at the forthcoming referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. |
He also said he believed a vote to leave the EU would force Cameron from No 10. | He also said he believed a vote to leave the EU would force Cameron from No 10. |
Farage said: “If we win the referendum we have to make sure that a British government carries out the will of the people. | Farage said: “If we win the referendum we have to make sure that a British government carries out the will of the people. |
“I have seen referendums all over Europe where the people’s voice has been ignored. | “I have seen referendums all over Europe where the people’s voice has been ignored. |
“So Ukip being strong and making sure that the government and the prime minister - which won’t be David Cameron in my view - but whoever it is, making sure they do go for Article 50 of the treaty and start the process of political divorce.” | “So Ukip being strong and making sure that the government and the prime minister - which won’t be David Cameron in my view - but whoever it is, making sure they do go for Article 50 of the treaty and start the process of political divorce.” |
Farage was also asked to set out his vision of a post-Brexit Britain. | Farage was also asked to set out his vision of a post-Brexit Britain. |
“Self-governing, self-confident and much more global in outlook,” he said. | “Self-governing, self-confident and much more global in outlook,” he said. |
“We have become too obsessed with Europe. It’s an important market place but there is a big world out there.” | “We have become too obsessed with Europe. It’s an important market place but there is a big world out there.” |
Farage made the case for increased social mobility when he was asked what sort of country Ukip would deliver if it was in power. | Farage made the case for increased social mobility when he was asked what sort of country Ukip would deliver if it was in power. |
He said: “The big thing I can see is there are 7% of people in this country, people like you and me, whose parents are rich enough to send us to private school and that 7% are now dominating business, politics, the media, even sport and the rest of the population is being left behind. | He said: “The big thing I can see is there are 7% of people in this country, people like you and me, whose parents are rich enough to send us to private school and that 7% are now dominating business, politics, the media, even sport and the rest of the population is being left behind. |
“I think we need a lot more social mobility in this country. I think much of that comes through the education system.” | “I think we need a lot more social mobility in this country. I think much of that comes through the education system.” |
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