Nigel Farage demanded a seat at Brexit negotiations on Monday after his new party swept to victory in the United Kingdom's European Parliament election, warning that he would turn British politics upside down if denied. "We should be part of the team now, that's pretty clear," Brexit Party leader Farage told Reuters at an election count in the southern English city of Southampton. After repeated delays to Brexit, Farage said the United Kingdom had to leave the EU on Oct. 31, the current deadline for Britain's Parliament to agree an exit deal. (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)Then, in 2014, he humiliated the Conservatives at European Parliament elections. Members of the European Parliament cannot directly influence British policymaking, and it will be May's successor who decides the country's fate.

Source: CBC News May 27, 2019 06:46 UTC