The leader of the Independence Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage, has called for June 23 to go down in history as 'Independence Day', adding that it's a "victory for ordinary, decent people, a victory against the big merchant banks."
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"It's a victory against the big merchant banks, against the big businesses, and against big politics," Farage told supporters following the Brexit vote.
"I'm proud of everybody who had the courage in the face of all the threats, they had the guts to stand up and do the right thing."
"People here don't understand – they are too wealthy, they don't get – what open-door, mass immigrations, the result of EU-membership has done to people's wages, availability of getting GP appointments or their kids to go local schools.... I'm thrilled that we've done this."
"The other big effect of this election is not what's happened in Britain, but what will happen in the rest of Europe," he added.
