UK Independence Party chief Nigel Farage quits

Nigel Farage, the former leader of the UK Independence Party and prominent campaigner to leave the European Union, said his side wouldn’t have won without Ukip and that he has done his bit for the leave cause, according to the Guardian.

He said the party was “in a good position” following the European Union referendum and that his political ambition had been achieved.

“I came into this struggle from business because I believed that this nation should be self-governing. What I’m saying today is I want my life back”. Gove, a Leave campaigner, caused high political drama last week by turning against his ally, former London mayor Boris Johnson, and driving him from the race.

Farage’s announcement Monday made him the third major British political figure to say he is stepping aside rather than taking ownership of the country’s turbulent political future.

Farage became UKIP’s leader in 2006 before standing down in 2009 and then being re-elected the following year, when the party’s ascent really began.

Farage is leaving politics at an especially divided time for the U.K. The country chose to leave Europe as he advocated, but the decision only got 52 percent of the vote. This time Farage says he won’t change his mind, but in a political landscape now so unpredictable and tumultuous, it seems anything could happen.

Farage – a member of the European Parliament since 1999 – led the Brexit agenda with a relentless focus on ending mass migration from within the EU, and by urging the public to give the “political elites” a bloody nose.

The firm, acting on behalf of a group of anonymous clients, says that it is up to Parliament to have their say before the prime minister invokes Article 50, triggering the start of negotiations for a United Kingdom departure from the bloc.

Douglas Carswell, UKIP’s sole member of parliament.

Amid the uncertainty, a prominent law firm says it may go to court to force a vote in Parliament on the referendum. Prime Minister David Cameron, who campaigned in favour of “remain”, has announced he will resign following the loss. He said he would continue to support the party and other independence movements in the European Union (EU).

But it could also give his UKIP party – which under Britain’s winner-takes-all election system won just one seat in parliament a year ago despite capturing 12.6 percent of the vote – an opportunity to select a less polarising figure and take on the mainstream in a radically altered political environment.

Osborne could cut Britain’s levy on company profits to under 15 percent, the Treasury said Monday, confirming a weekend report in the Financial Times newspaper.

Both of Britain’s main parties were thrown into disarray by the unexpected result of the referendum.