ENG: Nigel Paul Farage (born 3 April 1964 in Farnborough) is a British politician, and leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). He is also a member of the European Parliament for the South East. He co-chairs the European Parliament's Europe of Freedom and Democracy group. On 4 September 2009, it was announced Farage will resign as leader of UKIP.
Farage was educated at Dulwich College before joining a commodity brokerage firm in London. He ran his own brokerage business from the early 1990s until 2002.
Active in the Conservative Party from his school days until the resignation of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1990, he left the party in 1992 when John Major's government signed the Treaty on European Union at Maastricht. He became a founding member of UKIP in 1993 ...
Outgoing UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has backed Lord Pearson as the only "serious, credible" candidate in the race to succeed him.Mr Farage, who is standing down to run against Commons Speaker John Bercow at the general election, said the peer was "head and shoulders" above his rivals. He told BBC Two's Daily Politics any other other winner would make UKIP's situation "tricky". There are five candidates in the leadership race. The other hopefuls are MEPs Gerard Batten, Mike Nattrass and Nikki Sinclaire, and Alan Wood, a councillor from Wiltshire. 'Stronger'Mr Farage, who will ...
The UK Independence Party has lost the latest stage of its battle to avoid having to repay donations of £363,697.
Gifts by retired bookmaker Alan Bown between December 2004 and January 2006 were illegal as he was not registered to vote, the Court of Appeal said. Party leader Nigel Farage threatened to appeal against the ruling, saying: "There is a very real danger that this could put UKIP out of business." If the money were forfeited it would go to the Treasury, not back to Mr Bown. UKIP estimates its total bill, including legal costs, could reach £750,000. 'Whip round'Mr Farage ...
