Nigel Farage has now suggested he wants to see Brexit delayed after three years of saying the exact opposite.
Speaking to the BBC, the Brexit Party leader said, "We will never be able to properly break free of the EU if we sign up to this” in reference to the new deal negotiated by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
He went on to say:
Would I rather accept a new European treaty that is frankly very bad for us? Or would I prefer for us to have an extension and a general election? I would always prefer the latter option.
Just a day earlier, addressing a caller to his radio show suggesting a delay, Farage countered by saying, “How many more times are the public supposed to put up with a can being kicked down the road?”
In March Farage said he would lobby EU countries in order to make sure one of them would veto a possible extension past the deadline.
Unfortunately for Farage, while such comments could be swept under the carpet, he has said the same thing repeatedly on Twitter and we have the receipts to prove it.
Tony Blair has surfaced once again, calling for an extension to the Brexit deadline and a second referendum. He is… https://t.co/zXiqLYnVTH— Nigel Farage (@Nigel Farage) 1530122726
Do you want the French to veto any Brexit extension? #FarageOnLBC https://t.co/FCk89xHCI4— Nigel Farage (@Nigel Farage) 1554916058
It’s clear that Mrs May is not serious about a true Brexit. I begin to wonder whether the cabinet rebels in fact… https://t.co/ggccSC8CbW— Nigel Farage (@Nigel Farage) 1551015386
The new EU treaty has been rightly defeated for a third time. Extension and further battles now seem inevitable.… https://t.co/O9D1A0NDUW— Nigel Farage (@Nigel Farage) 1553872233
Do the EU want the UK to contest the European elections and send back more eurosceptic MEPs? Do they really want to… https://t.co/CNRuMpAQG5— Nigel Farage (@Nigel Farage) 1553694264
I doubt that Hungary will veto the UK’s extension and risk huge EU payments into their country each year. Nearly 3%… https://t.co/92VrwxH0u6— Nigel Farage (@Nigel Farage) 1570220962
The solution to avoid hordes of new Brexit Party MEPs being elected is for the European Council to veto any extensi… https://t.co/w1Ix89ENhd— Nigel Farage (@Nigel Farage) 1552474180
Have just come out of a meeting with Barnier and he is scared of a no deal WTO Brexit. There is also huge pressur… https://t.co/V5ntlHc6X6— Nigel Farage (@Nigel Farage) 1552467792
Mrs May’s acceptance of an extension to the transition period will take us to the next general election which may m… https://t.co/yWb1SSRIoM— Nigel Farage (@Nigel Farage) 1539805733
Oh dear. It looks like, after all that, he's changed his mind. Perhaps the people of this country ought to be afforded the same luxury.