UKIP supporter Kerrie Webb hugged Nigel Farage after he autographed her tattoo of his face during the UKIP Annual Conference at Doncaster Racecourse.
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Many in this group are known to harbour concerns that Farage could be too divisive to win wider support for the out campaign but publicly it says it wishes Banks well.
Speaking ahead of his speech, he said: “Oh no, we are going to be fighting next year elections in London, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, all of which of course have proportional representation so we won’t suffer the same injustice that we did in the general election”.
His main message will be that UKIP has the resources and support to lead the “leave” campaign in the European Union referendum which will be held before 2017. “The reason for that is a lot of newcomers with new passports vote Labour”.
“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get back the independence and self-government of this nation”.
Mr Farage earlier this month launched an independent Ukip campaign for Brexit amid fears Prime Minister David Cameron will stage a vote next year but has said he will not seek designation for himself or his party as official leaders of the No campaign.
“This is the moment to put country before party” he said.
“And the fact we’ve got that referendum is a cause for celebration”.
“Without UKIP that referendum would never have happened”.
The announcement sparked a by-election in Rochester and Strood that Ukip won but the seat fell back to the Tories at the general election.
Asked why he thought some Labour voters would turn away from Mr Corbyn’s Labour, he said: “Wanting to give away the Falklands, abolish the Army, unilateral nuclear disarmament, wanting to get rid of the Queen – all that stuff will turn them off”.
It comes as Mr Farage last night signalled Christian refugees should be given priority in the escalating migration crisis.
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Most members of the Confederation of British Industry, the country’s biggest business lobby group, also want reforms but believe the advantages of European Union membership outweigh the disadvantages, its director-general John Cridland said in a statement on Wednesday. “You could argue for a Christian – they’ve got nowhere to go any more from those countries and that they should have some measures”.
