A dramatic year that saw Farage survive a plane crash on election day and continue building UKIP.

Key Events

  • •January: Continued as UKIP leader after returning to the role in 2009
  • •May 6: Survived a plane crash on General Election day when UKIP banner got tangled in aircraft
  • •Suffered cracked vertebrae, broken ribs, and punctured lung in the crash
  • •UKIP gained 3.1% of the national vote in the General Election
  • •November: Delivered famous "Who are you?" speech to EU President Van Rompuy
  • •Continued campaigning against the Lisbon Treaty and EU expansion