The leader of Britain's anti-European Union UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage said on Monday he would stand down after having realised his ambition of winning last month's referendum in favour of Brexit. My aim in being in politics was to get Britain out of the European Union," he told reporters. "So I feel it's right that I should now stand aside as leader of UKIP. Farage, 52, has been a member of UKIP since its 1993 birth and was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999. It is not the first time Farage has quit as leader of the party.

Source: The Star July 04, 2016 09:33 UTC