article_snippet: Nigel Farage used to claim Nigel Farage wanted to move away from the idea
article_snippet: Ukip was a one-man band which relied on Nigel Farage own personal profile.
article_snippet: Amid a media scrum, Nigel Farage used the event to boast that Ukip is 'quite reflective of what modern Britain is', as Nigel Farage called to leave the EU, control borders, spending £3billion more on the NHS, cut foreign aid spending and scrap income tax for the minimum wage.
article_snippet: Nigel Farage used the event in central London to boast that Ukip is 'quite reflective of what modern Britain is' Ukip hopes to use the election to make a major breakthrough into the Commons, securing enough seats to hold the balance of power in the event of a hung Parliament.
article_snippet: Nigel Farage said a strong showing for Ukip at May's election could boost the calls for electoral reform, which in turn could make Nigel Farage eurosceptics a 'big party in British politics'.
article_snippet: Nigel Farage said: 'I've always thought there should be election reform but that is frankly irrelevant in the next 38 days. '
article_snippet: Nigel Farage played down a run of opinion polls which suggest Nigel Farage support is on the wane, insisting a big party in British politics is 'more in tune' with the British public.
article_snippet: last year Nigel Farage warned that people would not vote for Ukip unless Nigel Farage broadened Ukip appeal beyond Nigel Farage own profile. '
article_snippet: I intend to change that over the summer,' Nigel Farage said in May 2014.
article_snippet: Nigel Farage said: 'The thing about Ukip is we have become the most eclectic, diverse political party. '
article_snippet: The latest ComRes poll for the Daily Mail puts Ukip on 12 per cent, well down on last year's peak of 19 per cent.
article_snippet: Mr Farage acknowledged that Ukip had lost ground in the polls over the last few months, but insisted it remained 'more in tune' with the British public on key issues than the mainstream Westminster parties. '
article_snippet: We have dipped a little bit over the last two months, but not markedly,' Mr Farage said. '
article_snippet: Mr Farage acknowledged that Ukip had been 'hurt' by bad publicity including a councillor who made racist comments .
article_snippet: Mr Farage acknowledged that Ukip had been 'hurt' by publicity over supporters such as Thanet councillor Rozanne Duncan, who was expelled from the party after saying Mr Farage had 'a problem with people with negroid features'.
article_snippet: I think Ukip, over the next 38 days, is going to connect with people.'
highlights_snippet: Ukip leader insists Ukip leader party is 'more in tune' with the British public .
  
highlights_snippet: Ukip has been damaged by race rows but wants to put Ukip in past .
  