Remainers believe they are “morally superior” to people who voted to leave the European Union and so think they can "can do whatever they like", Nigel Farage said on Wednesday.

The Brexit Party leader clashed with Sir Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrats' leader, insisting he was "far from racist", in a televised debate hosted by The Telegraph, on the eve of Thursday's European elections.

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Mr Farage accused "senior figures" like Sir Vince of "giving the impression that those who voted for Brexit didn't understand what they were voting for, that somehow we are thick, stupid, ignorant, racist.

"It has given the sense that those who voted Remain are morally superior to those who voted Leave." This was to blame for a rise in "militant-Remainer types" protesting on British streets.

He added: "They genuinely think that because they are superior to the leavers they can do whatever they like. That's why we have got the division we have got today.

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