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The former Ukip leader claimed the sooner overly bureaucratic organisations like the EU are “swept away” people will not have to give “control of our lives” over to anyone again. Speaking on Fox News, Mr Farage blasted: “2016 was the year that voters – the little people, as I call them – realised that, actually, if they bother to go down to the polling station and engage with the electoral process, they can topple the elites. “You know what? They’ve got a taste for it, they like it, they’re excited by it and the sooner the Obama administration and so many here, in our media and the House of Commons, the sooner, frankly, we can start again with a clean sheet and say, ‘We are now going to be democratic nation states.’ “We will trade with each other, we will be friends with each other but we are not going to give the bureaucrats control of our lives ever again.”

FOX•GETTY Nigel Farage declared 2016 the year that voters toppled bureaucracy

We are not going to give the bureaucrats control of our lives ever again Nigel Farage

Mr Farage has been overly critical of Prime Minister for delaying the activation of Article 50 and the entire Brexit process. The 52-year-old hit out at Theresa May’s floundering position, claiming her “back-and-forth” stance was a sign of weakness to the rest of the world. Speaking to Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday, the Ukip MEP demanded Britain starts “standing up for ourselves”. “The whole point about Brexit is we are freeing ourselves to re-engage with the rest of the world,” he said.

“We have to stand standing up for ourselves. Given May’s delay in triggering Article 50, it appears we are in for a very long and protracted negotiation with the EU.” President-elect Donald Trump, who has met with Mr Farage several times since his US Election victory in November, has praised Brexit and spelled out his desire to complete a swift trade agreement with Britain. "Here we are given a fantastic opportunity to strengthen our negotiating hand in Brussels," added Nigel Farage. "Trump's team are not bureaucrats – they have not lived on the public sector purse for all of our lives. Deals won't take ten years, they will get this done in three months."

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