UKIP leader has vowed to stand down as leader if the party fails to breakthrough in next year's election Nigel Farage has vowed to resign as party leader if UKIP fails to achieve a general election breakthrough next year. The UKIP leader said there was ‘not one ounce of complacency from me’ after he was selected last night to stand in the South Thanet seat for UKIP at next year's general election. His nomination was overshadowed by Boris Johnson’s decision to throw his hat into the ring to be the next MP for Uxbridge in west London. But Mr Farage said he confident that the Tories would lose votes to UKIP at the next election.
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UKIP leader said there was 'not one ounce of complacency from me'
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He was nominated as UKIP's candidate in South Thanet, Kent last night
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MEP said: 'If we fail next year the party will pick someone better than me'
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