Nigel Farage in 2013
A breakthrough year as UKIP established itself as a major force in British politics.
Key Events
- •UKIP won nearly 150 council seats in local elections
- •Party achieved 23% in one national opinion poll
- •David Cameron dismissed UKIP as "fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists"
- •Farage demanded an EU referendum
- •Increased pressure on Cameron to address EU membership
- •UKIP became the third party in UK politics by some measures