I’m 17, and I support the Brexit Party. Nigel Farage’s positivity speaks to young people like me Many people of my generation feel that Nigel speaks for us because he believes in a prosperous future for the UK

I am a 17-year-old student, and I am a committed Brexit Party supporter and frequently campaign and attend rallies. My interest in political activism began last year, as a reaction to a mainly Remain Parliament and a Remain Prime Minister.

‘I trust Farage because he has never wavered in his campaigning’

Up to this point, I had been a member of the Conservative Party, but I became disenchanted with their incompetence when it came to the Brexit negotiations. Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement, which she is determined to pass through Parliament, threatens to keep us a powerless, voiceless colony within the EU empire.

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Nigel Farage is a great inspiration to me. Over 25 years of campaigning against the EU, he has shown himself to be a strong and resilient leader – a voice for the forgotten people of Britain. He has the stamina, and the charisma, needed to unite us all in our fight to reinstate democracy and autonomy to our islands.

I trust him because he has never wavered in his campaigning against the EU institutions. He combines the passion, vitality and positive outlook of young people my age, with the wisdom and integrity that come from his decades-long struggle.

Many people of my generation feel that Farage speaks for us because he believes in a prosperous future for the UK. The EU’s rules and regulations on everything from health and safety to the censoring of the internet have eroded our national self-confidence and our ability to see ourselves for who we really are: a courageous country with a unique and rich cultural heritage. As a young person, I find this message empowering and liberating.

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Farage’s Brexit Party is optimistic about a free, independent future for Britain. I have met an amazing variety of people while attending rallies and protest marches all over the country.

The party has unified Brexiteers from all walks of life – its diverse range of MEP candidates from across the political spectrum reflects that. We come from different social and economic backgrounds, genders, races and ethnicities, but we are all united upon the principle of democracy and love for our great nation and the British values it represents: fairness, tolerance, justice and liberty.

The undisputable truth is that sovereignty, independence and democracy are principles incompatible with the EU’s imperialist aim for a Federal States of Europe ruled by the unelected, unaccountable and unremovable officials of the EU Commission.

There’s no doubt in my mind that with Farage at the helm of the Brexit Party, Britain will finally regain her self-respect, her self- confidence and her freedom. Our British spirit, character and pride still exist.

The time has arrived for our nation to fight back.