UK - Nigel Farage has warned Brexit is the "beginning of the end" for the European Union. In a message to Boris Johnson, who struck a post-Brexit deal with Brussels on Christmas Eve, the Brexit Party leader declared "the war is over" and "we won". But Mr Farage admitted the deal is not exactly what he campaigned for as "some major concessions have been made". Writing in the Daily Mail, the Brexiteer said: "Northern Ireland has been cut off from the rest of the UK; the European Human Rights regime will remain in place here; our coastal communities have been saddled with a rotten fishing deal; and EU firms will still be allowed to tender for UK government contracts.”
"In regulatory terms, the EU will hold a Sword of Damocles over Britain with the threat of immediate tariffs if they judge that Britain is being too competitive. But Mr Farage hailed Brexit as an "epic triumph for the people against the political classes" and warned it could signal the end of the EU.
He said: "In 2021, however, I suspect that the debate around the EU will fade as more pressing concerns materialise. "Let's be in no doubt, though. Brexit was and is an epic triumph for the people against the political classes. "It will, I'm sure, prove to be the beginning of the end of the European Union. There is no going back. We won."