He added: “Two things need to happen – one is a Brexit Prime Minister, and secondly we need a negotiating team who are going to go to Brussels to get us our new deal”.
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Farage ignored Reid’s question if there would be anything else those who voted for the Leave campaign would find out was erroneously promised to them but instead argued that the United Kingdom was now a more free country.
His speech marked a remarkable turnaround from just hours before when he was predicting a victory for Remain, citing private polling by his friends in the City.
As results were still coming in earlier on Friday, Farage told a jubilant Leave party in central London: “This will be a victory for real people, a victory for ordinary people, a victory for decent people”.
“We have fought against the multinationals, we have fought against the big merchant banks, we have fought against big politics, we have fought against lies, corruption and deceit”.
But Farage vowed he would use his position as head of the party in the European Parliament to ensure his opinion is heard during Britain’s breakup from the union.
“And today honesty, decency and belief in nation, I think now is going to win”.
Mr Cameron, who advocated a vote to Remain in the European Union, received the support of 84 pro-Brexit Conservative MPs after polls closed at 10pm.
Mr Cameron made the announcement in a statement outside Downing Street after the final result was announced.
He accused Mr Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne of behaving in an “appalling” way during the campaign.
The referendum turnout was 71.8% – with more than 30 million people voting – the highest turnout at a UK-wide vote since 1992.
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The dramatic slide was followed by chaos on trading floors around the world as pre-polling jitters turned into panic and uncertainty following the leave vote and David Cameron’s resignation.
