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| UKIP conference: Nigel Farage hails 'united' EU Out campaign | UKIP conference: Nigel Farage hails 'united' EU Out campaign |
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| The campaign to leave the EU is a "united force" and heading for an "historic" victory, Nigel Farage has told his party conference. | The campaign to leave the EU is a "united force" and heading for an "historic" victory, Nigel Farage has told his party conference. |
| The UKIP leader said the in/out referendum pledged before 2018 was "the moment to put country before party". | |
| It could be won with a "big strong, positive message", he predicted. | It could be won with a "big strong, positive message", he predicted. |
| He also told supporters UKIP could "hold its head high" and was "alive and kicking" after the general election when it won just one seat. | He also told supporters UKIP could "hold its head high" and was "alive and kicking" after the general election when it won just one seat. |
| UKIP had done "far more" damage to the Labour vote than the Conservatives in May, he added. | UKIP had done "far more" damage to the Labour vote than the Conservatives in May, he added. |
| 'Hand in hand' | 'Hand in hand' |
| Mr Farage hailed a "show of unity" of anti-EU groups, who have formed a group called Leave.eu to push for a UK exit. | Mr Farage hailed a "show of unity" of anti-EU groups, who have formed a group called Leave.eu to push for a UK exit. |
| UKIP would stand "hand in hand" with this new "umbrella group", he said, suggesting it should become the official Out campaign. | UKIP would stand "hand in hand" with this new "umbrella group", he said, suggesting it should become the official Out campaign. |
| "We are together, we are united, and we believe that the tide has turned," he said. | "We are together, we are united, and we believe that the tide has turned," he said. |
| "I believe that we are on course to win the most historic and the most important political victory in any of our lifetimes." | "I believe that we are on course to win the most historic and the most important political victory in any of our lifetimes." |
| Analysis, by the BBC's Chris Mason in Doncaster | |
| Nigel Farage arrived on stage to the song The Final Countdown - sung, yes, by a band called Europe. It highlighted this party's central focus now. | |
| More than two decades on from its birth, UKIP now eyes the challenge that motivated its foundation: leaving the European Union, in the referendum on the issue the prime minister has promised before the end of 2017. | |
| Mr Farage told activists they must "summon all their heart and energy" to winning the vote. | |
| After devoting 20 years of his life to his party he said, the referendum campaign now needed to come first. | |
| Eurosceptic groups, he claimed, had often been "run by egomaniacs" and that had to stop. The "Leave.eu" umbrella group would ensure this happened, he said. | |
| Mr Farage said a so-called Brexit was "dearer to my heart" even than UKIP, urging activists to put all their energy into the referendum campaign. | |
| "This is the moment to put country before party," he said. | |
| "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get back the independence and self-government of this nation." | |
| Immigration 'owned' | |
| He addressed UKIP's election performance early in his speech, saying: "There are times in life when... you can't change the cards that you've been dealt." | He addressed UKIP's election performance early in his speech, saying: "There are times in life when... you can't change the cards that you've been dealt." |
| The Conservatives' election victory was the result of "fear from that woman north of the border", he said in a reference to SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, adding that former Labour leader Ed Miliband was "not really up to being prime minister". | The Conservatives' election victory was the result of "fear from that woman north of the border", he said in a reference to SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, adding that former Labour leader Ed Miliband was "not really up to being prime minister". |
| He said UKIP had "owned" the issue of immigration and said he would have bitten the arm off anyone who suggested his party would get the four million votes it achieved. | He said UKIP had "owned" the issue of immigration and said he would have bitten the arm off anyone who suggested his party would get the four million votes it achieved. |
| He added: "UKIP is not only alive and well, not only alive and kicking but is up in the opinion polls from where it was in the general election back in May." | He added: "UKIP is not only alive and well, not only alive and kicking but is up in the opinion polls from where it was in the general election back in May." |