Farage’s UKIP claims Thatcher’s inheritance

The leader of Britain's anti-European Union UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage said on the 23 April 2013 his movement was carrying the torch for the late Margaret Thatcher's views on Europe, saying he planned to cause a 'political earthquake'.

In his most detailed comments to date on his party's electoral strategy, UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he hoped to build on surging poll ratings to make big gains in local elections on 2 May 2013, win European Parliament elections in 2013, and secure a 'substantial number' of parliamentary seats in Britain at the general election in 2015.

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