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Theresa May announced this morning she will stand down as Prime Minister on June 7, after months of mounting pressure over her failure to deliver Brexit. Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, who arguably paved way for her departure, said he had some sympathy for Mrs May but that the Conservatives had not learned their “lessons” since the 2016 EU referendum. He wrote on Twitter: “It is difficult not to feel for Mrs May, but politically she misjudged the mood of the country and her party.

"Two Tory leaders have now gone whose instincts were pro-EU. Either the party learns that lesson or it dies." As support for Mr Farage grows and with Mrs May out of the picture, many are wondering whether he could ever take the top job. Betfair currently has Mr Farage ahead of Jeremy Corbyn in the race to become the next Prime Minister, with odds of 43/1 surfacing after he delivered a rousing speech to a crowd of 3,000 supports on Tuesday night. Moreover, in a newly-resurfaced interview, the former Ukip leader said a “huge scale disappointment” could prompt him to change his mind on working towards becoming the leader of the UK.

Many of Nigel Farage’s supporters are wondering whether he could ever become Prime Minister

Theresa May announced this morning she will stand down as Prime Minister

Speaking on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories in 2017, Mr Farage spoke about his plans for the future and said seeing out Brexit was his main priority. He told the ITV show: “I’ve got to see the Brexit process through. “We’ve won the war but we must win the peace. “I will see out my time in the European Parliament so I’ll be there until the spring of 2019, I still lead a group in the European Parliament so I still want to go there regularly to make my helpful, constructive suggestions and speeches.” Asked whether he could ever envisage a situation where he was Prime Minister, he said: “I’ve never thought of myself as that, no.

The Brexit Party is heading for a runaway success in the European election

Nigel Farage on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories in 2017