Farage said any new UKIP leader must “steer UKIP away from the temptation of becoming an angry, nativist party”, the BBC reported.
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Mr Farage said he would “bury the hatchet with anybody” including UKIP’s sole MP Douglas Carswell, who tweeted an emoji picture of a smiley face as the leader’s resignation was announced.
Mission accomplished in the referendum, 52-year-old Farage said: “I am fully behind the party”.
“I came into this struggle from business because I wanted us to be a self-governing nation, not to become a career politician”, Farage said.
Farage says that whoever is chosen to lead the country should be a “Brexit prime minister” and says that he will continue to support UKIP.
The politician who lead the campaign to have Britain leave the European Union is leaving his political post.
The most recent time was in May a year ago, when he failed to win a seat in the British general election. “I won’t be changing my mind again, I promise you”.
Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), leaves after voting in the European Union referendum, at a polling station in Biggin Hill, Britain, June 23, 2016.
Mr Farage said today he will not be backing any of his colleagues in particular as the right person to replace him, but hopes the “best man or woman wins”.
Farage declined to endorse a replacement for the leadership of the right-wing party or for the next UK Prime Minister.
UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill has told BBC Wales he is not ruling himself out of his party’s United Kingdom leadership contest. “What I’m saying today is I want my life back”.
It’s unclear what’s next for Farage, although he said he would consider to serve as a Member of the European Parliament until Britain leaves the EU.
UKIP leader reiterated that new Britain PM must be from “Leave EU” side.
“In terms of who I think the next leader should be, I think Diane James would be good”. He resigned briefly in 2015 after losing an election for the House of Commons, but his party refused his resignation.
Farage, who has dedicated his career to campaigning against Britain’s European Union membership, explained that his “political career has been achieved”.
UKIP London Assembly Member David Kurten described Mr Farage as “an inspiration and a giant in British politics”.
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Ms Evans, the party’s parliamentary spokeswoman, is now suspended from the party for public criticisms she made of it.
