Farage hopes for ‘UK independence’ in Brexit poll
UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage has expressed hope for his country to become ‘independent’ from the European Union on June 23 - the day Britain votes on continued EU membership.
Speaking at a UKIP conference in Llandudno, Farage said the referendum day could be "independence day" if the UK voted to leave the union, the state-run BBC reported on Saturday.
The senior lawmaker highlighted the issue of ‘immigration’ for his argument, saying, "Mass migration into Britain on this scale is not good for our country.”
"It is not good for our quality of life, it is not good for social cohesion in our society, and our population inexorably headed towards 70m or 75m will not make this a better, richer or happier place to be.
"But as EU members there is nothing we can do about it," Farage noted.
The comments come as rifts even within the Conservative government are growing about the future of Britain the EU.
On Sunday, senior cabinet ministers called for a truce in a heated debate on Britain's membership of the European Union, saying the ruling Conservative Party must be civil if it wants to stay in power.
The party is deeply split over whether Britain should vote to stay in the EU at a referendum on June 23, and several allies of Prime Minister David Cameron, who supports EU membership, are campaigning to leave the 28-member bloc.
Under pressure even from his own allies, Prime Minister David Cameron has warned about UK’s possible exit from the union, saying those supporting the idea hardly have a vision of what will happen afterwards.
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