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Election results: Watch Nigel Farage mock editors of Daily Mail and The Sun before cutting interview short and walking off

Ukip leader 'congratulates' newspaper editors for warning that Ukip voters would split the Tory vote

Matt Dathan
Friday 08 May 2015 05:55 BST
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Nigel Farage is obviously feeling the pressure before his career-defining count tonight.

After mocking the editors of The Sun and the Daily Mail for predicting Ukip would split the Conservative vote, he walked off halfway through an interview with ITV News.

The party finished in second place in the first three results of the night - all in the north east, beating the Conservatives.

Asked for his reaction to the early results, Mr Farage said: "I want to congratulate the editors of The Sun and the Daily Mail, they're geniuses, they said the Ukip vote would split the Tory vote. God help us".

The Ukip leader faces a nervous wait before he finds out if he has succeeded in finally becoming an MP - he has pledged to stand down as leader if he is not an MP by Friday night.

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