Nigel Farage in 2010
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