Britain’s European Union opponents join forces with ‘Out’ campaign group

The main focus of Mr Farage’s speech will be the upcoming European Union referendum, and he will argue that UKIP has the resources and support to lead the “No” campaign in the vote, which will be held before the end of 2017.

The UKIP leader is expected to highlight the policy differences between Mr Corbyn and many of his own frontbench team when he addresses the party’s annual conference at Doncaster Racecourse on Friday.

‘Next year there are proportional elections in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and London where Ukip will make significant inroads and build our elected and electoral presence.

And he will tell supporters that they can now look forward to the in-out referendum on Britain’s membership they have “fought for for so long”.

Today, Ukip will officially team up with the campaign group Leave.EU, formerly known as The Know, which is run by party donor Arron Banks.

He will also be hoping the party can offer a show of unity after a summer which saw internal divisions become public. He finished fourth with 2,745 votes. “I think all that can do is lead to resentment”, he said.

‘We wish Nigel Farage and The Know/Leave.European Union the best of luck in their endeavours’.

Mr Banks’ group has also recruited top Washington, D.C. consultancy firm Goddard Gunster to assist with the campaign, adding more excitement to the out campaign.

Speaking on Sky News this morning, Mr Farage said immigration will be the “main issue” of the referendum campaign, and and that “everything I said (on the issue) I think has proved to be true”. The fact that most people watching this programme have never even heard of their names suggests they are not the right people’.

He said: “I took a lot of stick in the General Election for saying that I believe that open door immigration and border controls was the number one issue in British politics”.

The Ukip leader said migration from overseas meant it would be hard for any party to beat Labour in the capital’s inner boroughs.

He told BBC radio: “We’ve got a window of opportunity for Ukip and we will either jump through that window or we won’t”.

Mr Farage said the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader was a “gift” to Ukip.

“Immigration is far and away the biggest issue”. I think our potential with the Labour vote under Corbyn is greater than it’s ever been’.

Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to renegotiate Britain’s ties with the bloc ahead of the vote.