Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage, the far-right leader best known for his very vocal campaign for Brexit over the years, has decided to rebrand his Brexit Party as a voice against the government's Covid lockdown measures

The Brexit Party, which will launch its own election plans on Tuesday, is keeping up the pressure

Farage was one of the best-known faces of the Brexit campaign and quit following the June 23 vote to leave the EU

The leader of the insurgent right-wing UK Independence Party said on Monday he was stepping down after realising his ambition to win a vote for Britain to leave the EU, the latest twist in a dramatic reshaping of the nation's politics.The departure of brash former commodities trader Nigel Farage would sideline one of the most outspoken and effective anti-EU campaigners from the debate about how to sever Britain's ties with the other 27 countries in the bloc.But it could also give his UKIP party - which under Britain's winner-takes-all election system won just one seat in parliament last year despite capturing 12.6 per cent of the vote - an opportunity to select a less polarising figure and take on the mainstream in a radically altered political environment.The June 23 'Brexit' vote to leave the EU has thrown both the two main political parties into disarray, with the ruling Conservatives seeking a replacement for Prime Minister David Cameron and lawmakers from the main opposition Labou