Nigel Farage is preparing to muscle into the battle against Scottish independence following his historic success in the European elections. The UKIP leader wants to open a new front in the campaign against the SNP, to the horror of the established Better Together allies. Mr Farage was yesterday basking in the glory of winning his first seat north of the Border in a major humiliation for Alex Salmond, who had pleaded with Scots to make a direct choice between the SNP and Ukip. Scroll down for video Nigel Farage wants to use his European election triumph as a springboard to stop Alex Salmond splitting Scotland off from the rest of the UK in September's independence referendum
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UKIP leader claims he now leads the 'only national party' in Britain
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Planning visits to Scotland ahead of September independence referendum
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Party shocked pundits by winning an EU Parliament seat in Scotland
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Mr Farage added: 'We have proven over the last few days that we are genuinely a @placeholder independence party.
We have made a breakthrough in @placeholder - something which Alex Salmond will not enjoy very much at all.