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Mr Farage reconfirmed that he was considering entering the race and that he believed he had support due to his staunchly pro-Brexit stance. Speaking on his LBC show last night, he said: “I’ve been bombarded all day by people. "Not just from this country, but from America, saying ‘what are you going to do?’ “The truth is, a group of people have approached me.

“They say ‘look there are more people in London that voted for Brexit than voted for Sadiq Khan when he became Mayor’. “And actually if you look at the numbers that is true.” “Quite frankly I’ve been so busy the last few weeks I’ve barely given it a moment's thought. "I will give it a moment's thought over the course of the next week.”

Nigel Farage said he was considering taking on incumbent London mayor Sadiq Khan

“I’m probably not going to do it, but I will certainly think about it.” Counting both first and valid second votes in the mayoral election, Sadiq Khan received 200,000 fewer votes in London than leaving the European Union did. Counting the number of first and second votes that Sadiq Khan got in total, not just those that contributed to his final win, Mr Khan received 20,000 more votes than votes for leaving the EU. Nigel Farage is currently a member of the European Parliament but will lose his seat when Britain leaves the EU next March. He has stood for election as an MP in Parliament seven times but has not been elected on any occasion.