Since 1999 he has been a Member of the European Parliament for South East England. Nigel Farage's pinstriped image belies modest City career Farage was mobbed by well-wishers as he made his way to his favourite pub, the Marquis of Granby, for a celebratory drink. He was also charged with threatening to kill an AAIB official involved in the investigation into the accident. Farage came third with 8,401 votes. No cabinet minister, and arguably no prime minister, of recent times has been so consequential as Farage, a feat the more remarkable because he has many times failed to get himself elected as a Westminster MP. And all because he wanted attention. In a speech made to the European parliament on 11 September 2013, Farage cited news, reported in several Rupert Murdoch-owned papers and the Daily Mail, that the Arctic Sea ice cap had apparently grown from 2012 to 2013, claiming that this was evidence of decades "of Euro-federalism combined with an increasing Green obsession". Farage stood again for the UKIP leadership in 2010 (having stood down the year before, to focus on his unsuccessful campaign in the Buckingham election) after his successor Lord Pearson had stood down, and on 5 November 2010 it was announced he had won the leadership contest. But what testicular cancer taught me is that the NHS will probably let you down if you need screening, fast diagnosis and an operation at a time that suits you". The book explores his fascination with Enoch Powell, the entanglements with figures from the far right and the alliances with extremist parties in the European parliament. That is what youd need to earn working for Goldman Sachs or someone like that.. Farage has been noted for his passionate and sometimes controversial speeches in the European Parliament and has strongly criticised the euro, the EU's single currency. "Unless I can persuade him to slow down - and nobody else has succeeded - he won't have a future. In early 2005, Farage requested that the European Commission disclose where the individual Commissioners had spent their holidays. Origins Herne, Kent, to Guy Justus Oscar Farage, a stockbroker. Coleman who believed the campaign had "little to do with what's best for Ireland" described the campaign as "particularly egregious" and said the interview became 'nasty' when she asked Farage about the campaign funding. Initially, he joined the American commodity brokerage firm Drexel Burnham Lambert, transferring to Credit Lyonnais Rouse in 1986. Richard North, an aide to Farage when he was an MEP, tells Crick that his boss hated policy meetings. VideoOn board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry, Indian officials wife distraught as his killer is freed, I didnt think make-up was made for black girls, Why there is serious money in kitchen fumes. However, his friend MEP Godfrey Bloom just hopes that this high-wire lifestyle is not also Nigel Farage's undoing. But Judge, who was fired by the Giants on Monday after two seasons with a 10-23 record . In 2014, he was ranked first, ahead of Cameron.He was also named "Briton of the Year" by The Times in 2014. What he actually does is that he uses people and he uses them up - he consumes people. On 22 March 2015, Farage was targeted by anti-UKIP activists who chased him and his family from a pub lunch in Downe, Kent. A Conservative MEP, Roger Helmer, was expelled from his group, the European People's Party European Democrats (EPP-ED), in the middle of the debate by that group's leader Hans-Gert Poettering as a result of his support for Farage's motion. Family: Married with two daughters to Kirsten Mehr. Guy, a City stockbroker, was always dapper with expensive pinstripe suits. The Farage name comes from a distant Huguenot ancestor.