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13. Farage - what next?

Now that his Brexit party has won the European elections with 32% share of the vote, Farage should do two things:

1. He should stop talking about an immediate General Election. An early election is not in the interest of anyone who voted Leave in June 2016 - other than possibly, Farage himself.

2. He needs to start explaining why a 'No-Deal' Brexit, is not something we should be afraid of. To do that he needs to focus on the detail and he needs to articulate the economic rationale for a 'no-deal' - and why it could actually be the best thing that has happened to this country in decades.

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