UKIP launches Brexit battle bus

Record ID: 102669

  • Title: UKIP launches Brexit battle bus
  • Date: 20th May 2016
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (MAY 20, 2016) (REUTERS) UKIP BREXIT BUS PULLING IN FRONT OF EU COMMISSION BUILDING PICTURE OF UKIP LEADER, NIGEL FARAGE, ON SIDE OF BUS (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKIP LEADER, NIGEL FARAGE, SAYING: "We want our borders back, we want our passports back, we want our country back and if everyone that agrees with us goes out to vote on June 23, we will make it UK Independence Day. It's upbeat, it's optimistic and we believe we are going to win. Thank you." PHOTOGRAPHERS SURROUNDING BUS VARIOUS OF FARAGE ON TOP OF OPEN-TOPPED BUS HOLDING PLACARD READING "WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK" WITH EU AND BRITISH FLAGS BEHIND HIM UKIP SUPPORTERS HOLDING PLACARDS FARAGE HOLDING PLACARD ON TOP OF BUS CROWD OF REPORTERS SURROUNDING BUS PHOTOGRAPHERS AND FARAGE STANDING AT DOORWAY TO BUS HOLDING UP HIS BRITISH PASSPORT SAYING: "WE WANT OUR PASSPORTS BACK, WE WANT OUR BORDERS BACK" / PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKIP LEADER, NIGEL FARAGE, SAYING: "It is the establishment, it is the wealthy, it is the multi-nationals, it is the big banks, it is those whose lives have really done rather well in the last few years who are supporting remaining and against it is the people. Against it is the people." REPORTERS SURROUNDING BUS UKIP LOGO ON BUS UNION JACK AND EU FLAGS ON EU COMMISSION BUILDING EU FLAG UNION JACK FLAG UKIP BUS IN FRONT OF EU COMMISSION BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 4th June 2016 16:49
  • Keywords: UKIP leader Nigel Farage UKIP brexit bus EU referendum
  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
  • City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014IM5ZD3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: UKIP euro-sceptic leader Nigel Farage launched his party's so-called Brexit battle bus in London on Friday (May 20).
    Farage rode an open-topped double-decker bus and parked up outside the European Commission's building to declare that June 23 will be Britain's 'Independence Day' if the country votes to leave the European Union in the referendum.
    The bus was adorned with his face, UKIP logos and had blaring music.
    "We want our borders back, we want our passports back, we want our country back and if everyone that agrees with us goes out to vote on June 23, we will make it UK Independence Day. It's upbeat, it's optimistic and we believe we are going to win," shouted Farage from the top of the purple bus.
    Brandishing his British-EU passport, Farage told the throng of reporters "We want our passports back, we want our borders back."
    Farage argued that the ordinary general public would be better off out of the EU, saying the bloc only serves the rich and big business.
    "It is the establishment, it is the wealthy, it is the multi-nationals, it is the big banks, it is those whose lives have really done rather well in the last few years who are supporting remaining and against it is the people. Against it is the people," he told reporters.
    Britons vote in an 'in/out' referendum on June 23.
    UKIP's Brexit bus will be touring the country for the next month campaigning for Britain to leave the EU.
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