What to know about Nigel Farage's dramatic resignation and political gambit

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Farage has capitalized on -- critics say stoked -- concerns about migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats, which he has called an invasion, and alleges that white people face discrimination from police.
56% : He stepped down from both the UK Independence Party and its successor, the Brexit Party, in the last decade.
47% : His obsession with taking the United Kingdom out of the European Union helped turn Brexit from a fringe cause to a reality.
41% : " The top item on his manifesto in the race against Burnham was a vow to "cut your taxes, and raise everyone else's."

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