:00:08. > :00:13.Ladies and gentlemen, argue already for the second session of the
:00:14. > :00:20.conference? CHEERING
:00:21. > :00:23.Are you all ready to hear some more excellent speeches?
:00:24. > :00:28.CHEERING I think that's guaranteed now.
:00:29. > :00:34.Ladies and gentlemen, our party is about far more than just one or two
:00:35. > :00:37.individuals, but it is right that we use this opportunity here in
:00:38. > :00:43.Bournemouth to say a specific thank you to people who have committed so
:00:44. > :00:49.much, sacrificed so much, but only for our party, but also for our
:00:50. > :00:54.country. We're now going to hear an introduction to our outgoing leader,
:00:55. > :01:00.but a few words as well to a man who I respect Thomas more than anyone
:01:01. > :01:04.else. My immediate predecessor, who guided our party as chairman for six
:01:05. > :01:13.years, six very long, difficult year. My tenure as chairman is going
:01:14. > :01:18.to last possibly six or seven weeks, so I cannot imagine how he feels to
:01:19. > :01:20.have now given it over. Ladies and gentlemen, he deserves huge praise
:01:21. > :01:26.and applause for everything he has done. Can I ask you to show your
:01:27. > :01:51.appreciation for Steven Crowther. APPLAUSE
:01:52. > :01:59.Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. A lovely welcome. Good morning. I have
:02:00. > :02:03.to say, when Paul first asked me to speak at this conference, I was
:02:04. > :02:06.quite uneasy, because having the involved in organising a lot of
:02:07. > :02:14.conferences, I realised I don't fit my own criteria. But he insisted he
:02:15. > :02:20.wanted me to be here to introduce our next Speaker, so here I am. I
:02:21. > :02:23.started getting overexcited, and thought, amazing, this is my last
:02:24. > :02:30.big opportunity to make a ground-breaking speech. Then I
:02:31. > :02:34.thought, who am I kidding? I've always get a bit of a low profile,
:02:35. > :02:39.as you know, in my role as chairman. I have so little public profile, at
:02:40. > :02:46.least one member at the NEC thinks I work for security services. Last
:02:47. > :02:50.November, I looked at the betting odds for the next leader of Ukip. I
:02:51. > :03:02.find that gels Brandreth has a greater chance than I do. -- Giles
:03:03. > :03:07.Brandreth. I just want to say thank you and give a few words of advice,
:03:08. > :03:11.such as they're worth, on what I think Ukip needs to do next, and
:03:12. > :03:16.handover to the man you've come to hear. Before it continue, who was at
:03:17. > :03:23.the Derby conference in July? Hands up? What is it we need to keep
:03:24. > :03:29.reminding ourselves? That's right, we won! We'll come back to that
:03:30. > :03:34.later. When I was approached by Nigel to become party chairman in
:03:35. > :03:41.the unlikely event he would be re-elected as leader, he said, in
:03:42. > :03:47.the worst job ad ever, I'm going to ruin your life. He in fact give me
:03:48. > :03:50.the most precious opportunity of my life, the opportunity to contribute
:03:51. > :03:57.and a very minor way in the momentous events, dated in June 23
:03:58. > :04:05.and changing the course of our country's history.
:04:06. > :04:12.APPLAUSE I've been the chairman of Ukip and
:04:13. > :04:16.its national executive committee now twice as long as any previous
:04:17. > :04:26.incumbent. I've depended on many people in that time, and I would
:04:27. > :04:29.like say a special word of to Paul Oakden and others for their
:04:30. > :04:33.fantastic work in the last two years. Enabling me to enjoy my
:04:34. > :04:39.summer while they were left holding the dirty end of the baby.
:04:40. > :04:45.APPLAUSE I'd like to say a quick word about
:04:46. > :04:48.the NEC, if I may. It has come in for a lot of stick in the last few
:04:49. > :04:55.months. Some is justified, some isn't. Before you speak away, which
:04:56. > :04:59.you have, you need to know what you are getting rid of and what you are
:05:00. > :05:13.getting in its place. The Costa Jewish and we put put in in 2011
:05:14. > :05:17.deliberately sets up Gary Ballance -- Constitution we put in sets up a
:05:18. > :05:23.para bounce between... Like the great powers before the first war,
:05:24. > :05:27.diplomacy is needed before falling into a conflict. We need to avoid a
:05:28. > :05:33.Balkan tinderbox setting the whole thing off. The NEC is not perfect,
:05:34. > :05:40.but during the years of my chairmanship, they were a delight to
:05:41. > :05:48.work with, but changes, collegiate, courteous and dedicated to
:05:49. > :05:51.supporting the party's progress. Unfortunately, it has been more
:05:52. > :05:55.about the pressure of personal agendas and factional infighting.
:05:56. > :06:00.The majority of NEC members have been exasperated by this. Reform is
:06:01. > :06:06.overdue, and the regional model being talked about may now have
:06:07. > :06:14.found its time. The most important thing of all is that Ukip, under its
:06:15. > :06:18.new leader, get its House in order quickly, re-forms the columns of the
:06:19. > :06:29.People's Army, and is back in battle order without delay.
:06:30. > :06:30.APPLAUSE Because the country
:06:31. > :06:45.needs Ukip - stronger, unified, Kiki said and determines, now more than
:06:46. > :06:50.ever. -- Kiki said and determined. British democracy is on trial for
:06:51. > :07:01.its life. So what happens on the 23rd of June?
:07:02. > :07:06.AUDIENCE: WE WON! WE DIDN'T WIN A PR BATTLE, WE DIDN'T FIGHT SIX OTHER
:07:07. > :07:09.PEOPLE FOR A COUNCIL SEAT, WE WON THE LARGEST POPULAR VOTE IN THE
:07:10. > :07:23.HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY. APPLAUSE
:07:24. > :07:28.The 17.4 million votes were way more then Margaret Thatcher got in 1974
:07:29. > :07:36.or John Major's records in 1992. It was more than the Wrote yes campaign
:07:37. > :07:42.got in 1975 which kept us in the EU for 70 years. It was the biggest
:07:43. > :07:48.exercise in popular democracy this country has ever seen. As Tony Benn
:07:49. > :07:54.said, after being on the losing side in the 1975 referendum, when the
:07:55. > :07:55.British people speak, everyone, including Members of Parliament,
:07:56. > :08:04.should tremble before their decision.
:08:05. > :08:12.APPLAUSE But it was close, wasn't it? Not
:08:13. > :08:19.really. The margin was 1.27 million, Leave gained 52% of the vote. Known
:08:20. > :08:27.as had that higher margin since Stanley Baldwin in 1971. If you look
:08:28. > :08:36.at it on a constituency basis there was a majority of 229.
:08:37. > :08:42.APPLAUSE That is 50 more then Tony Blair had
:08:43. > :08:48.in the 1997 landslide will stop in England and Wales, over 70% of seats
:08:49. > :08:55.voted Leave. That's settled then, isn't it? Well, you'd certainly
:08:56. > :09:00.think so. Then we hear that some people have decided it isn't. The
:09:01. > :09:06.man trying currently to make Jeremy Corbyn look like the competent
:09:07. > :09:12.leader of the Labour Party, Owen Smith, says it he gets the Prime
:09:13. > :09:16.Minister, he won't allow Brexit. Or maybe he'll applied to rejoin the EU
:09:17. > :09:23.and the euro. For Troy, the chances of Mr Smith becoming premise are
:09:24. > :09:30.vanishingly small, despite his glittering career as a BBC producer,
:09:31. > :09:38.adviser to Ed Miliband and board member of pharmaceutical companies.
:09:39. > :09:40.Then we hear someone called Tim Farron, who apparently read the
:09:41. > :09:45.Liberal Democrats, demands, fully sick of democracy, we need to have a
:09:46. > :09:56.second referendum on the terms of the negotiation. -- for the sake of
:09:57. > :10:01.the mock receipt. Do you agree with the terms of Brexit, place a cross
:10:02. > :10:12.in the box if you agree with the terms of Brexit, yes, no, some of
:10:13. > :10:15.them, please write in Europe ideas in a essay of no more than 3000
:10:16. > :10:21.words. APPLAUSE
:10:22. > :10:26.Dear oh dear. But it's not just politicians on the make banging this
:10:27. > :10:30.drum. But I would like to pay tribute to most politicians on the
:10:31. > :10:34.Remain side, who recommends, like Tony Benn, everyone should tremble
:10:35. > :10:39.before the decision of the British public. The gilded elite of this
:10:40. > :10:44.country has signalled it is not prepared to let the uneducated plebs
:10:45. > :10:44.with taking away its pet project for wild loveliness.
:10:45. > :11:02.APPLAUSE The standard bearer for this legion
:11:03. > :11:07.of the intellectual elite. The baroness used to edit the Wall
:11:08. > :11:12.Street Journal Europe, has redefined British democracy and announced that
:11:13. > :11:19.what is needed is a rebellion to kick out the Brexit bill when it
:11:20. > :11:23.comes to the House of Lords. I am generally a mild-mannered, polite,
:11:24. > :11:28.respectful sort of chap. I believe in the monarchy, the house of Lords,
:11:29. > :11:34.our tradition of individual and civil rights, law and order,
:11:35. > :11:38.parliamentary democracy and respect for our institutions. Baroness, I
:11:39. > :11:43.have to tell you, not only is it a suicide note for the House of Lords,
:11:44. > :11:47.it is a blueprint for the destruction of democracy in this
:11:48. > :11:51.country. The plebs voted for something you do not like and you
:11:52. > :11:55.propose to tell them they cannot have it. The fact is senior
:11:56. > :12:02.Conservative peer could possibly advance this view shows that Ukip
:12:03. > :12:04.oft heard cry that the elite stealing democracy from the people
:12:05. > :12:14.is bang on the money. APPLAUSE
:12:15. > :12:25.That is why Ukip continuing strength is so vital. How long have I got? A
:12:26. > :12:34.minute to go. All right. OK. I will carry on then. The interesting thing
:12:35. > :12:38.about the baroness's title, of Blackheath, is black Heath is where
:12:39. > :12:47.all the revolting peasants gather when the come and march on London.
:12:48. > :12:51.The Kentish men in 1450, the Cornish rebels in 1497 all gathered on
:12:52. > :12:57.Blackheath to make London tremble. Although I am happily withdrawing
:12:58. > :13:00.from day-to-day politics, if baroness, after the good folk of
:13:01. > :13:05.this country have given their view, if you and your chums attempt to
:13:06. > :13:09.overturn the will of the people as expressed in the largest exercise of
:13:10. > :13:13.direct democracy ever held in this country, I would be happy to join
:13:14. > :13:17.the peasants from every county in the country, especially the Welsh,
:13:18. > :13:26.and Lee on her doorstep with flaming torches before she can call it taxi
:13:27. > :13:40.to escape it. -- and be on her doorstep.
:13:41. > :13:46.As William Shakespeare wrote in 12th night, some are born great, some
:13:47. > :13:52.achieve greatness. The rest of us, hand on hope to be two have the
:13:53. > :14:06.opportunity to serve the great man or woman. In the Labour Party, it is
:14:07. > :14:10.unlikely to be women. According to new research, working-class voters
:14:11. > :14:15.are repelled by posh MPs. It has been hell areas the battling to all
:14:16. > :14:22.politicians in other parties that the son of a stockbroker, who worked
:14:23. > :14:29.in the city, has shiny shoes, immaculate high addresses for every
:14:30. > :14:32.occasion like an advert from the Tatler magazine, can be appealing to
:14:33. > :14:36.the working man and women of this country. What the voters saw in
:14:37. > :14:37.Nigel and Ukip, was not politics, but the truth.
:14:38. > :14:51.APPLAUSE .
:14:52. > :14:57.One of his biggest laws as a politician and greatest strength is
:14:58. > :15:02.his Tourette's like an urge to see what he thinks on all occasions.
:15:03. > :15:06.Until recently, people in the media we played what ever they considered
:15:07. > :15:10.his gaffes to the public, in the belief they were putting people off
:15:11. > :15:13.of him. It took them years to understand that is what it made
:15:14. > :15:22.ordinary people want to vote for him.
:15:23. > :15:29.APPLAUSE By then it was too late. Nigel said
:15:30. > :15:33.what he thought and is huge number of ordinary people were thinking of
:15:34. > :15:39.themselves and were fed up being made to feel guilty about. Who
:15:40. > :15:47.wouldn't vote for a party leader who described George Osborne as a
:15:48. > :16:01.despicable pasty faced bustard and a weasel. I would like to thank Nigel
:16:02. > :16:08.for recruiting me to this cause. It was over a wine at the east India
:16:09. > :16:27.club. He did me the privilege of assisting him and serving you on the
:16:28. > :16:30.last stage of this. The message the party is giving as one may have
:16:31. > :16:47.never heard before. I do not think the referendum is an
:16:48. > :16:56.answer. You are bullying, acting undemocratic. You are a complete
:16:57. > :17:07.shambles. The question I want to ask, is who are you? Nobody in
:17:08. > :18:01.Europe has ever heard of you. No one in Europe voted for you.
:18:02. > :19:23.Please welcome our great man, Nigel Farage.
:19:24. > :19:38.APPLAUSE Thank you all for coming. Thank you.
:19:39. > :19:59.You gave me hope. Fantastic, thank you.
:20:00. > :20:46.APPLAUSE ladies and gentlemen, thank you for
:20:47. > :20:56.that fantastic welcome. We did it. We got our country back. We would
:20:57. > :21:00.not have done it without you. The people's army of Ukip and I am very,
:21:01. > :21:14.very proud of every single one of you will stop thank you. The events
:21:15. > :21:19.of June the 23rd at three o'clock in the morning and we knew we were
:21:20. > :21:26.going to win, it felt to me like a fairy tale that had come true. This
:21:27. > :21:32.has been a very long journey indeed. 25 years ago I joined the
:21:33. > :21:41.anti-Federalist league. Not many people can say that. There weren't
:21:42. > :21:47.many of us. In 1993, it became Ukip. I said to myself, it does not matter
:21:48. > :21:52.that all my friends, family and business colleagues think I have
:21:53. > :21:58.gone man. It does not matter that history says it is impossible to get
:21:59. > :22:04.a new put cup idea of the ground in this country. -- mad. It was simple
:22:05. > :22:07.all those years ago, it was a matter of principle. I believed we should
:22:08. > :22:17.govern our own country. APPLAUSE
:22:18. > :22:22.. Six weeks after the party had been formed, the Conservative member of
:22:23. > :22:28.Parliament died overnight and there was a by-election. I thought, in for
:22:29. > :22:33.a penny and in for a pound and I volunteered. I was the first ever
:22:34. > :22:40.adopted candidate of the Ukip party. I went out there and I campaigned
:22:41. > :22:47.and I did my best and I can tell you that on the night of the result, by
:22:48. > :22:58.a crushing clear margin of 164 boats, I beat the Lord and did not
:22:59. > :23:04.come last. It was difficult to get more than about 1% in a by-election
:23:05. > :23:09.for us in those days. Things changed in 1989 with the advent of
:23:10. > :23:13.proportional representation for the European elections. No one thought
:23:14. > :23:18.that we had a chance. I always did. I will never forget that night that
:23:19. > :23:23.three of us were elected and Ukip was just beginning to get on in real
:23:24. > :23:32.terms. On the puttable map. I will not forget that amazing feeling. My
:23:33. > :23:37.first ever live interview was by Phil, I had no media training or
:23:38. > :23:42.anything like that. It was a live interview at 130 in the morning and
:23:43. > :23:47.he said to me, congratulations, Nigel, you said you were going to do
:23:48. > :23:51.it and you have. Next week, he said, you will be off to the European
:23:52. > :24:01.Parliament and you will find in never ending round of invitations to
:24:02. > :24:07.receptions. Do you think you will become erupted by the lifestyle? I
:24:08. > :24:16.replied, no, I have always lived like that. -- become corrupted?
:24:17. > :24:23.APPLAUSE At least it was true.
:24:24. > :24:28.LAUGHTER It went on year after year. Being
:24:29. > :24:33.part of Ukip is like a big roller-coaster life. All of the
:24:34. > :24:40.things that happened within any political party. We first really got
:24:41. > :24:47.on to be political big-time early in 2013. When suddenly the British
:24:48. > :24:53.public realised that what we had to say about the taboos subjects, the
:24:54. > :25:00.subject that we are not supposed to discuss impolite company. The
:25:01. > :25:03.subject that new Labour raised even raising it you are committing a
:25:04. > :25:08.criminal offence. We were not frightened to talk honestly and
:25:09. > :25:10.openly about the need for a sensible immigration into this country. We
:25:11. > :25:21.talked about it. And we talked about it, and it was
:25:22. > :25:24.rapidly becoming the number one issue in British politics, and
:25:25. > :25:28.nobody else would even touch the subject. They couldn't touch the
:25:29. > :25:33.subject, because they were all committed to subject to European
:25:34. > :25:37.Union, which meant the free movement of up to 500 million people. So we
:25:38. > :25:44.got a big score at the Eastleigh by-election. We went into the county
:25:45. > :25:48.elections that year. I remember, I was due at number four Milbank,
:25:49. > :25:55.where all the broadcasters are, to do some interviews about Ukip
:25:56. > :26:00.getting 23% of the national vote. As a got 100 yards from the entrance, I
:26:01. > :26:04.saw a throng of cameramen and photographers. I thought, crikey,
:26:05. > :26:16.something really big must have happened! And I really was quite
:26:17. > :26:24.oblivious to just what we'd done. We won the European elections in 2014.
:26:25. > :26:28.APPLAUSE The first party that wasn't labour
:26:29. > :26:36.or Tory to win a national election since 1906. That's, without us there
:26:37. > :26:46.would have been no referendum. APPLAUSE
:26:47. > :26:51.Without you and the People's Army, there would have been no ground
:26:52. > :27:02.campaign. Together, we've changed the course of British history.
:27:03. > :27:06.APPLAUSE And we've brought down the Prime
:27:07. > :27:13.Minister. CHEERING
:27:14. > :27:22.And we've got rid of the Chancellor. CHEERING
:27:23. > :27:23.I forget what I called him now. And we've got rid of a European
:27:24. > :27:29.Commissioner. CHEERING
:27:30. > :27:36.I said four years ago, I predicted that Ukip would cause an earthquake
:27:37. > :27:47.in British politics. Well, we have. We have.
:27:48. > :27:52.APPLAUSE So the question is, what now? We
:27:53. > :27:58.have a new Prime Minister who has said that Brexit means Brexit. A new
:27:59. > :28:02.Prime Minister, who, when she started, looked to be very
:28:03. > :28:09.sure-footed on this issue. But I have a feeling that things are
:28:10. > :28:13.beginning to change. When I saw horror at the T20, making a speech
:28:14. > :28:18.afterwards, she said that the British Beagle voted in the
:28:19. > :28:25.irreverent for some control of emigration from the European Union.
:28:26. > :28:30.No, Prime Minister, we voted to take back control of our borders, simple
:28:31. > :28:39.as. APPLAUSE
:28:40. > :28:45.And we have Cabinet ministers like the Home Secretary, still fighting
:28:46. > :28:50.the referendum, suggesting last weekend it might cost us 50 quid to
:28:51. > :28:57.get a visa to go on a booze cruise to Calais. Half his Cabinet did not
:28:58. > :29:03.only fail to support the winning side of the referendum, but it seems
:29:04. > :29:07.to me they want to do their utmost to keep us part of the single
:29:08. > :29:12.market. There is going to be a great political battle ahead will stop my
:29:13. > :29:19.concern would be theirs, with Labour in the mess it's an, and boy, it's
:29:20. > :29:27.NMS, isn't it? A leadership election going on, there's no conversation
:29:28. > :29:35.with the Labour voters who voted for Brexit. With Labour in trouble,
:29:36. > :29:39.either Conservatives perhaps heading towards 2020 in a comfortable and
:29:40. > :29:42.easy possession. The temptation on the Prime Minister will be to go for
:29:43. > :29:49.a soft Brexit rather than a hard Brexit. We can be very proud of the
:29:50. > :29:55.fact that we won the war, but we must now win the peace. And the only
:29:56. > :30:00.mechanism to put pressure on the Government to keep the debate live
:30:01. > :30:05.and to make sure that those 17.4 million people get what they voted
:30:06. > :30:05.for is for Ukip to be healthy and Ukip to be strong.
:30:06. > :30:25.APPLAUSE We will find out at 1:30pm who are
:30:26. > :30:31.new leader is. And I wish them, I'm guessing it's going to be a higher,
:30:32. > :30:36.but we will see - I wish them the best of luck, and my job is not a
:30:37. > :30:42.meddle or influence, my job will be, if that we don't want any help and
:30:43. > :30:47.advise, then make no mistake about it, I am a crystal foursquare behind
:30:48. > :30:58.this party and its aims. APPLAUSE
:30:59. > :31:03.Steven Crowther has stood beside me for six years as chairman of the
:31:04. > :31:07.party, and if you think being leader of Ukip is difficult, you want to
:31:08. > :31:14.try being chairman of Ukip. I have to say, if at some point in time
:31:15. > :31:19.Ukip do get recognised for their contribution to British political
:31:20. > :31:26.life, and bearing in mind the Liberal Democrats have over 100
:31:27. > :31:32.light years in the House of Lords... At anything like that was to come
:31:33. > :31:35.our way, then I think, Steve, you really ought to be top of our list
:31:36. > :31:43.everything you'd done for this party.
:31:44. > :31:49.APPLAUSE Steve talked about reform. He talked
:31:50. > :31:54.about change. Remember this - Ukip was a grassroots political party.
:31:55. > :31:59.Ukip didn't have, in the 1990s, any well-known national figures. It
:32:00. > :32:04.didn't even have any elective representatives until 99. It was a
:32:05. > :32:07.grassroots party and we chose to manage ourselves through a national
:32:08. > :32:14.executive committee of willing volunteers. That was fine then, but
:32:15. > :32:17.we've mid-on, haven't we? We are the third biggest political party in
:32:18. > :32:22.this country, we have to change our management structures and we have to
:32:23. > :32:27.guard - because one of the problems of success is that it brings people
:32:28. > :32:36.into the party who perhaps don't do it for all to restrict aims for the
:32:37. > :32:41.country or its people -- Altavista games but to promote their own
:32:42. > :32:48.professional careers in politics. APPLAUSE
:32:49. > :32:56.So that our things that need to change. But in essence, I know from
:32:57. > :33:02.that referendum campaign and sense, I know this party is united. I know
:33:03. > :33:08.this party is strong. You only need to look at the by-elections week
:33:09. > :33:10.after week in Kent that, since the referendum, Ukip is winning, and
:33:11. > :33:16.there are millions of people out there who know identify as Ukip
:33:17. > :33:22.voters. They believe in us, they trust us, they believe we're
:33:23. > :33:26.speaking for them. And the might we've changed the centre of gravity
:33:27. > :33:31.for British politics, the fact that things we campaigned on - whether it
:33:32. > :33:35.is RAM schools of foreign aid, whatever it may be - the fact that
:33:36. > :33:44.others are talking about it, it doesn't mean they are going to
:33:45. > :33:50.deliver it. And it is but -- us the need to keep pushing. I don't think
:33:51. > :33:53.the harvest of vote that we could potentially get from the Labour
:33:54. > :34:04.Party has really even started yet. APPLAUSE
:34:05. > :34:10.In many ways, Jeremy Corbyn is a very decent and principled man. But
:34:11. > :34:15.he doesn't believe in Britain. He doesn't even want to sing the
:34:16. > :34:20.national anthem! He flubbed it, when it came to the referendum. I think
:34:21. > :34:26.we've got fantastic potential in Wales, the Midlands and the North to
:34:27. > :34:33.pick up votes and elsewhere. It Brexit doesn't mean Brexit, then I
:34:34. > :34:37.think there will be a very large number of conservatives who say
:34:38. > :34:44.there is only one party we can support. We will judge whether
:34:45. > :34:49.Brexit means Brexit, for me, on three simple measures - by the time
:34:50. > :34:53.the next general election comes along, will they have back our
:34:54. > :35:05.territorial fishing waters around the coast of the UK?
:35:06. > :35:09.APPLAUSE Will we be outside the single
:35:10. > :35:16.market? So that 90% of businesses that don't trade with Europe don't
:35:17. > :35:21.get regulated by Europe. And above all, the acid test of Brexit, the
:35:22. > :35:25.only time we will no - you might have seen this before, actually...
:35:26. > :35:30.LAUGHTER The only time we will note that
:35:31. > :35:34.Brexit means Brexit as when that has been put in the Ben and we get back
:35:35. > :35:48.a British passports. APPLAUSE
:35:49. > :35:58.I have a feeling that they're not going to deliver all of that. And
:35:59. > :36:02.I'm certain they won't deliver it unless you keep strong and fighting
:36:03. > :36:10.hard in every single constituency in this country. As I say - we'd won
:36:11. > :36:15.the war, we must now win the peace. From my part, today closes the
:36:16. > :36:23.chapter on what has been a pretty extraordinary few yes. I honestly,
:36:24. > :36:29.looking back, but never really have dreamt that we would achieve what we
:36:30. > :36:29.have. I have put absolutely all of me into this.
:36:30. > :36:52.APPLAUSE I literally couldn't have worked any
:36:53. > :36:59.harder all been more determined. In a sense, I guess it's been my life's
:37:00. > :37:06.work to get this party to this point. I frankly don't think I could
:37:07. > :37:07.do any more. I think, folks, I'd done my bit.
:37:08. > :37:22.APPLAUSE But I'm not giving up on politics
:37:23. > :37:26.completely. As I say, I will support the new leader. I will continue to
:37:27. > :37:29.lead a group in the European Parliament.
:37:30. > :37:37.APPLAUSE Sitting next to Mr Juncker... And
:37:38. > :37:48.making my constructive contributions SPEAKS IRISH And I intend this
:37:49. > :37:55.autumn to travel around some other European capitals to try and speak
:37:56. > :37:56.to the democracy movement in those countries too.
:37:57. > :38:09.APPLAUSE And, who knows, I may even go back
:38:10. > :38:15.to the United States of America at some point between now... Sir I'm
:38:16. > :38:21.going to be engaged in political life without reading a political
:38:22. > :38:27.party. And it's going to lead me freer, less constrained...
:38:28. > :38:32.LAUGHTER From now on, I'm really going to
:38:33. > :38:47.speak my mind. APPLAUSE
:38:48. > :38:53.I said as I toured the country on that wonderful open top bus and met
:38:54. > :38:58.thousands of you out there, I said I want my country back, and now,
:38:59. > :39:02.folks, I want my life back. I thank everybody for their massive
:39:03. > :39:09.contribution of so many thousands of you to helping me do this job, to
:39:10. > :39:10.helping us change the course of British history. Thank you.
:39:11. > :39:49.APPLAUSE MUSIC PLAYS
:39:50. > :40:02.HEROES BY Ladies and gentlemen, a cheer for
:40:03. > :41:53.Nigel Farage. Hip hip hooray! Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very
:41:54. > :41:59.much. Thank you very much. We will now break for lunch. Please be back
:42:00. > :42:02.at 1:30pm, at which point we will announce the new leader of our
:42:03. > :42:08.party. Thank you very much.