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| Brexit referendum: Farage declares victory for 'ordinary & decent' people | Brexit referendum: Farage declares victory for 'ordinary & decent' people |
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| UKIP leader Nigel Farage has declared a victory for Brexit. The pound meanwhile has been send tumbling to its lowest level since 1985. | |
| Farage seemed to concede defeat earlier in the night when a ‘Remain’ win looked likely. He has now backtracked in a speech in the early hours of Friday morning, declaring Thursday’s referendum “a victory for ordinary people, a victory for decent people.” | Farage seemed to concede defeat earlier in the night when a ‘Remain’ win looked likely. He has now backtracked in a speech in the early hours of Friday morning, declaring Thursday’s referendum “a victory for ordinary people, a victory for decent people.” |
| His comments come as the ‘Leave’ vote has a 52 percent to 48 percent advantage over the ‘Remain’ vote. | His comments come as the ‘Leave’ vote has a 52 percent to 48 percent advantage over the ‘Remain’ vote. |
| “We have fought against the multinationals, against the big merchant banks, against big politics, against lies, corruption and deceit and today honesty and decency and belief in a nation I think now is going to win,” Farage said. | “We have fought against the multinationals, against the big merchant banks, against big politics, against lies, corruption and deceit and today honesty and decency and belief in a nation I think now is going to win,” Farage said. |
| “We will have done it without having to fight, without a single bullet having been fired.” | “We will have done it without having to fight, without a single bullet having been fired.” |
| Farage also branded the EU a “failed project” and said Thursday’s vote would “go down in our history as our independence day.” | Farage also branded the EU a “failed project” and said Thursday’s vote would “go down in our history as our independence day.” |
| Farage has also called on David Cameron to resign as Prime Minister "immediately" in light of a likely win for the ‘Leave’ campaign. | Farage has also called on David Cameron to resign as Prime Minister "immediately" in light of a likely win for the ‘Leave’ campaign. |
| Not long after Farage’s speech, as votes continue to be counted and ‘Leave’ maintains its 4 percent advantage over ‘Remain,’ UK broadcasters BBC, Sky and ITV have all forecast a Brexit. | Not long after Farage’s speech, as votes continue to be counted and ‘Leave’ maintains its 4 percent advantage over ‘Remain,’ UK broadcasters BBC, Sky and ITV have all forecast a Brexit. |