Mr Cameron's future is in doubt, the Ukip leader added.

"I think it's very difficult for him to stay on as Prime Minister given that he involved himself so heavily in the campaign, told us that dreadful things would happen to us if we were to leave - recession, threats of war, the rest of it.

"I find it difficult to believe that he could become a Brexit prime minister. I might be wrong but I doubt it.

"We don't need an election necessarily.... there are two things that need to happen - One, a Brexit prime minister and secondly a negotiating team that are going to go to Brusssels and get us a better deal."

Mr Farage said he "would love to see us out" by some point next year.

"The real opportunity from Brexit is that we have left a failing political union in Europe and we can now start to re-engage with the world," he added.

"If Cameron resigns, if we have to wait a couple of months to get a pro-Brexit Prime Minister, then so be it....Who knows we may end up with a deal with the EU that my parents thought they were voting for all those years ago - namely a trade deal."