article_snippet: Nigel Farage said Nigel Farage would force an early referendum on Britain's membership of the EU as Nigel Farage price for keeping David Cameron in Number 10.
article_snippet: But Nigel Farage said this morning said Nigel Farage would not have a choice.
article_snippet: Nigel Farage said: 'At the end of the day, this is all about numbers, isn't it?'
article_snippet: I think between Ukip and possibly the DUP in Northern Ireland as well, there will be a body of MPs there to have significant influence and to force a referendum on our EU membership.'
article_snippet: Nigel Farage has previously insisted Nigel Farage would be willing to support a Tory minority government only if a referendum on Britain leaving EU was held before the end of this year – two years earlier than David Cameron plans.
article_snippet: Appearing on BBC One's Andrew Marr show, the Chancellor George Osborne said: 'It's just total nonsense, voting for Nigel Farage makes Ed Miliband the likely Prime Minister and it means instead of getting the referendum on Europe we get no referendum at all, so that's what a vote for Ukip is about
article_snippet: Nigel Farage and indeed Ed Balls are trying to muddy the waters, it's a fundamentally different situation for this reason - Nigel Farage is not going to win seats in the House of Commons, even on Nigel Farage own boasts
article_snippet: Nigel Farage's only going to win a small handful. '
article_snippet: Nigel Farage has claimed that the Labour party will win a 'handful' of seats at the election, which means the Tories would likely also need the support of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to maintain a minority government.
article_snippet: Ukip would back the Tories first budget if a referendum on Britain's EU membership was promised before the end of 2015.
article_snippet: Up until now, Ed Miliband the likely Prime Minister has vowed to hold a referendum by the end of 2017, and has said Ed Miliband the likely Prime Minister will campaign to stay in a reformed EU.
article_snippet: But the latest polls suggest neither the Conservatives or Labour will have enough seats to form a government, meaning Nigel Farage may have to find a compromise.
highlights_snippet: In return Ukip will demand an early in-out referendum on the EU .