Nigel Farage Resigns As Ukip Leader, Twitter Chimes In

Someone should tell @Nigel_Farage we have something called annual leave. You don't need to resign every summer.

— Benjamin Butterworth (@benjaminbutter) July 4, 2016

Farage is now hiding behind a pillar counting to a thousand before he comes out and says he’d like to be leader again.

— Stephen Mangan (@StephenMangan) July 4, 2016

Farage quits as UKIP leader, the election for a new leader will take place tomorrow when Nigel Farage takes on Nigel Farage.

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) July 4, 2016

May I be the first to congratulate Nigel Farage on his reinstatement as UKIP leader 48 hours from now.

— Stuart Heritage (@stuheritage) July 4, 2016

Farage retires to spend more time with his ego.

— Mic is griping... ✍ (@brokenbottleboy) July 4, 2016

What's the betting Farage has landed a job at a big European bank.

— Ian Hyland (@HylandIan) July 4, 2016

Farage today: pic.twitter.com/7vOM4qiV7y

— Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) July 4, 2016

Let someone else clean up the mess, eh? #Farage #Johnson pic.twitter.com/UdUvlzdklZ

— René Denfeld (@Renestance) July 4, 2016

'Farage resignation' - noun; an explosive bowel movement in someone else's house followed by fleeing the scene#Farage

— Dean Burnett (@garwboy) July 4, 2016

Farage is the housemate at uni who encouraged everyone to throw a party but then left the next morning so they didn't have to tidy up.

— Adam Hess (@adamhess1) July 4, 2016

Farage stepping down to spend more time with his family, who are gutted to hear the news.

— Moose Allain (@MooseAllain) July 4, 2016

"I want my life back", says Farage as he steps into a time machine bound for the 1970s.

— Dai Lama (@WelshDalaiLama) July 4, 2016

Farage says 'finally the real me can come out' seconds before shedding his human skin and becoming a gigantic racism lizard.

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) July 4, 2016

Farage says he will finally be able to reveal his real self, I am expecting feather boas and Shirley Bassey numbers.

— Robin Ince (@robinince) July 4, 2016

Maybe Mark could run to be Ukip leader?
After all this month we've seen a lot of...

...Reckless moves 😎

— Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) July 4, 2016

I'd love it if due to lack of suitable applicants here, UKIP is forced to hire an EU migrant worker to fill the vacant leader position.

— James Martin (@Pundamentalism) July 4, 2016

*Nigel Farage in turtleneck on Newsnight*
"The thing is, right, I was playing a character. For me to be saying those things, it was a joke"

— Kit Lovelace (@kitlovelace) July 4, 2016