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| Nigel Farage rallies UKIP for anti-EU drive | |
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| Nigel Farage will use UKIP's first post-election conference to present the party as a key voice in the campaign against the UK's membership of the EU. | Nigel Farage will use UKIP's first post-election conference to present the party as a key voice in the campaign against the UK's membership of the EU. |
| Mr Farage will tell delegates in Eastbourne there is no time to waste in galvanising support ahead of the planned referendum. | Mr Farage will tell delegates in Eastbourne there is no time to waste in galvanising support ahead of the planned referendum. |
| He will pledge to have his "People's Army" mobilised by the autumn. | He will pledge to have his "People's Army" mobilised by the autumn. |
| Mr Farage is back in post after a short-lived resignation and recent in-fighting within the party. | Mr Farage is back in post after a short-lived resignation and recent in-fighting within the party. |
| During a speech on Saturday, he will tell supporters they should not wait for details of David Cameron's promised reforms before starting their campaign. | During a speech on Saturday, he will tell supporters they should not wait for details of David Cameron's promised reforms before starting their campaign. |
| 'Strongest position' | 'Strongest position' |
| He says he doesn't expect to be the dominant voice of the No vote but he says UKIP is essential to an effective campaign. | He says he doesn't expect to be the dominant voice of the No vote but he says UKIP is essential to an effective campaign. |
| Speaking ahead of the conference, he told the BBC: "Most people in politics would have given up politics years ago, but they are in politics for a career. | Speaking ahead of the conference, he told the BBC: "Most people in politics would have given up politics years ago, but they are in politics for a career. |
| "I'm not doing this for a career. I'm doing this out of a passion because I want my country back. I want control of my country back." | "I'm not doing this for a career. I'm doing this out of a passion because I want my country back. I want control of my country back." |
| He said he believed David Cameron was trying to "frame the debate around benefits for migrants when actually it's not about that". | He said he believed David Cameron was trying to "frame the debate around benefits for migrants when actually it's not about that". |
| "It's about sheer numbers that come, it's about change to communities, it's about wage compression for ordinary workers. | "It's about sheer numbers that come, it's about change to communities, it's about wage compression for ordinary workers. |
| "So what I'm going to say is that we're not going to wait and from the autumn we are going to be out there holding big public meetings, putting leaflets through doors and campaigning." | "So what I'm going to say is that we're not going to wait and from the autumn we are going to be out there holding big public meetings, putting leaflets through doors and campaigning." |
| The conference follows a period of turmoil within the party after the general election when Mr Farage resigned as leader but then returned just days later. | The conference follows a period of turmoil within the party after the general election when Mr Farage resigned as leader but then returned just days later. |
| But he says his position as party leader is now the "strongest it has ever been". | But he says his position as party leader is now the "strongest it has ever been". |
| "At this time, what people in UKIP and our backers say is, 'Nigel, without you, this could never have happened and you cannot desert the battlefield,'" he said. | "At this time, what people in UKIP and our backers say is, 'Nigel, without you, this could never have happened and you cannot desert the battlefield,'" he said. |