Sky News host Rowan Dean has hailed Nigel Farage as “the greatest British political figure since Margaret Thatcher” after the Brexit party leader helped usher in the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
Sky News host Rowan Dean has hailed Nigel Farage as “the greatest British political figure since Margaret Thatcher” after the Brexit party leader helped usher instigate the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union Mr Dean told Sky News he always believed Conservative leader Boris Johnson would win and that Nigel Farage's Brexit party would “help rather
than hinder the process”. Prior to the election, the Brexit party agreed not to run in seats the Conservaties believed they could win, paving the way for the Tories to win a thumping majority in the House of Commons. Mr Dean said despite Boris Johnson’s historic landslide win, he was “not a conservative hero”, and labelled Nigel Farage the true “Father of Brexit”.
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