Read about our approach to external linking. And back in Brussels, he has allies - one of the closest being Timo Soini, leader of the eurosceptic True Finns party. .] Farage stood again for the UKIP leadership in 2010 (having stood down the year before, to focus on his unsuccessful campaign in the Buckingham election) after his successor Lord Pearson had stood down, and on 5 November 2010 it was announced he had won the leadership contest. But with freedom comes responsibility in this case, to respect the dignity of others and of our institutions. So there is no previous experience, in our history, of a migrant group that comes to Britain, that fundamentally wants to change who we are and what we are. He is an actor, known for Ruddy Hell! farage's father - Guy Justus Oscar Farage, was a stockbroker who worked in the City of London. That is what youd need to earn working for Goldman Sachs or someone like that.. It's the sort of guy he is. He had two sons with Ms Hayes, both now grown up, and two daughters with his current wife, Kirsten Mehr, a German national he married in 1999. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Samuel Farage, Victoria Farage, Thomas Farage, Isabelle Farage, British Politician And Former Commodity Broker, England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1866-1920 & 1984-2005. He was dragged from the wreckage with serious injuries. In March 2015, Farage declared in his book The Purple Revolution that he would step down as UKIP leader should he not be elected as an MP; he states his belief that it would not be "credible" for him to lead UKIP without sitting in parliament at Westminster. Explore in 3D: The dazzling crown that makes a king. Farage was mobbed by well-wishers as he made his way to his favourite pub, the Marquis of Granby, for a celebratory drink. Family: Married with two daughters to Kirsten Mehr. He was voted politician of the year by the online service MSN. Brother of Private Despite the strong performances at the recent by-elections, it is true that Nigel Farage, in terms of electoral success, remains a political minnow. In the 2014 European Election, Farage was re-elected again and led UKIP to its first victory in a nationwide UK electionthe first for a party other than the Conservatives or Labour since the 1906 general election. He left the family home when Nigel was 5-years-old. ("News of the day," The Globe, Tuesday, 6 September 1870, p. 7). His grandfather, Private Harry Farage, fought in World War I and was wounded near Vimy Ridge at Arras. s usual, he was acting the stunt. Guy Justus Oscar FARAGE. "My first impression of Nigel is an unorthodox, happy, cheerful guy - outspoken and humorous," says Spencer, speaking to Radio 4's Profile. George Coles, the pub landlord in his local, saw Farage shortly after the plane crash. Rather, he aimed to be seen as tribune for the disenfranchised, not just the older, comfortably off middle classes alienated by rapid social change caused by mass immigration, but working-class voters left behind in the hunt for jobs and seemingly ignored by the increasingly professionalised "political class". It raised Mr Farage's profile, going viral on the internet, but made little difference to his Westminster ambitions. Jon Durr/USA TODAY Sports. Born 48 years ago in Kent - where he still lives - the young Nigel bounced through school, joining everything from the cricket and rugby clubs to Army Cadets and the politics society.
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