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Pint-loving UKIP leader Nigel Farage has revealed his secret weapon for overcoming a hangover in the run up to the crunch Brexit vote – the sauna.

The right-wing politician is using early morning sessions to sweat out the night before as he campaigns for an Out vote in this month’s EU referendum .

And he hopes it could bring an end to his reputation for looking sweaty in front of the cameras, after a series of unflattering public appearances.

Speaking to a fellow sauna user during a visit to Tandridge Leisure Centre in Oxted, Mr Farage said: “As I’m a big drinker this is the best way to sweat it all out.

“The thing is, when you go into boiling hot TV studios the morning after you’ve had a drink the night before you tend to sweat a lot.

“This is the best way to get it all out naturally.”

And the 52-year-old married dad of four revealed he is so confident of a Brexit vote that he has placed a £1,000 bet at the bookies.

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“The pundits had Leave ahead, but now I think it really is neck and neck,” he told the Sunday People .

And he admitted that if the UK does quit the EU he will be starting the new era... with a hangover.

He said: “If the UK votes to leave the EU we should all gather in Trafalgar Square and have a proper drink.

"I’ll be celebrating with beer and it won’t be singular.”

He added: “There are two types of people in politics, those who want to be something and those who want to do something.”