GETTY Nigel Farage has boosted his security

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The Ukip leader is said to have boosted his security team in the wake of the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox. Mr Farage, who led the charge for Britain to leave the European Union, said he is regularly confronted by potential knife-wielding attackers. The 52-year-old said: "I've been in lots of dangerous situations. That's why I have to have security with me.

They would have beaten me up, they would have killed me. It's as simple as that. Nigel Farage

"In 2014 and 2015 I've had all sorts of political opponents who weren't just prepared to use words, they were prepared to go further than that, "They would have beaten me up, they would have killed me. It's as simple as that. "That's because I dared to talk about this subject that nobody else talked about."

PA MP Jo Cox was killed in the street earlier this month

As the Brexit fall-out continues Mr Farage has claimed his views on Europe have made him a target for threats. The Ukip leader has been branded a racist during the Brexit campaign after posing in front of a poster of an image of non-white immigrants with the tagline "breaking point". Concerns have been raised over politicians' safety after MP Jo Cox was killed on her way to meet constituents in Yorkshire.

GETTY The Ukip leader says his views on Europe have made him a target

PA Questions have been raised about politicans' security

Mr Farage said: "I honest think anybody, whether they're in music or football or politics, needs to be careful. "We live in an age where we are so accessible. "There is media around us and iPhones around us. "I think the people in public life, all of them have to think twice about where they go and when they go.

Nigel Farage in pictures Mon, April 3, 2017 Nigel Farage is a British politician who has been the leader of the UK Independence Party since October 2016. Play slideshow Getty 1 of 48 Nigel Farage in pictures