Independence Party, Mr. Farage has campaigned for more than 15 years to leave the European Union, increasingly highlighting the issue of immigration. Mr. Farage remains a member of the European Parliament, to which he was first elected in 1999. “Well, you’re not laughing now.”His colleagues in the European Parliament were not sorry to see him go. Last Tuesday, after the referendum, Mr. Farage taunted fellow lawmakers in Brussels. PhotoLONDON — Nigel Farage, the man credited by many with pressing the British government into holding a referendum on the European Union, announced on Monday that he was standing down as leader of the populist, right-wing U.K.

Source: New York Times July 04, 2016 10:13 UTC