Nigel Farage threatened a full-out civil war within the Conservative party after the EU Referendum, if the Brexit campaign narrowly lost.

The comments were made to BBC Breakfast this morning, its likely they reflected the views of many Conservative MPs.

Here’s what he said:

I think we’re going to win this Referendum. Why? Because Leave voters are much more likely, on June the 23rd, to go down to their local primary school and vote. So I think we are going to win.

If we were to lose, narrowly, which I don’t believe we will, if we were, then what I can see is a large section particularly in the Conservative party, who feel the Prime Mininster is not playing fair, that the Remain side are using way more money than the Leave side. And there would be a resentment that would build up, if that was to be the result.

Nigel Farage doesn’t always have his pulse firmly on the thinking of Tory MPs, but he has a point here.

Think back to the last referendum: did the debate and vote over Scottish Independence solve anything? If anything, it has hardened the anger on the losing side and made them more determined to find a way to force the issue again.

If the Remain side wins, Tory MPs who have fought the EU for years won’t just give up – they will stomp their feet and accuse everyone else (especially their leader) of being unfair.

And they will want a re-run of the Referendum… somehow. They won’t want to let the issue rest for a generation.

In fact, Nigel Farage told the Daily Mirror this morning he would seek a second referendum if Remain wins by a narrow margin. He said that a small defeat for Leave would mean this was “unfinished business”.

His comments were criticised by the Remain campaign, but there will be plenty of Tories who agree.



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