article_snippet: Nigel Farage has said Nigel Farage will stand down as Ukip leader if Nigel Farage fails to win the South Thanet seat from the Conservatives.
article_snippet: The 50-year-old politician admitted it would be ‘curtains for Nigel Farage’ - despite only being elected as Ukip leader for a further four-year term in November.
article_snippet: Polls suggest Nigel Farage is on course for victory in the crucial Kent seat - but Nigel Farage will have to overturn a Conservative majority of nearly 17 per cent.
article_snippet: Significant' consequences: Nigel Farage said it would be ‘curtains for Nigel Farage’ if Nigel Farage fails to win the South Thanet seat - despite only being elected as Ukip leader for a further four-year term in November .
article_snippet: Failing to secure the seat would have ‘significant’ consequences for both Nigel Farage and Nigel Farage party, Nigel Farage wrote in The Purple Revolution, serialised in The Daily Telegraph.
article_snippet: Nigel Farage said: ‘The consequences of Nigel Farage failing to secure a seat for Nigel Farage in the Commons would be significant for both him and his partyhis party.
article_snippet: It is frankly just not credible for me to continue to lead his party without a Westminster seat.
article_snippet: Nigel Farage stated Nigel Farage felt it would risk the party’s 'credibility' if it had other MPs elected but it leader did not have a seat in Parliament.
article_snippet: Nigel Farage said: ‘What credibility would Ukip have in the Commons if others had to enunciate party policy in Parliament and its leader was only allowed in as a guest?
article_snippet: Ukip MPs: Nigel Farage had to delay the start of Nigel Farage campaigning in South Thanet after the surprise defections of former Tories Douglas Carswell (left) and Mark Reckless (right), which sparked by-elections .
article_snippet: Was I supposed to brief Ukip policy from the Westminster Arms?
article_snippet: Mr Farage’s party currently has two MPs - the Tory defectors Mark Reckless and Douglas Carswell, who both won by elections for Ukip in Rochester and Strood and Clacton after resigning as Conservative MPs.
highlights_snippet: Only elected as Ukip leader for further four-year term in November .
  
highlights_snippet: Research has indicated Ukip leader is on course for victory in South Thanet .
  
highlights_snippet: But Ukip leader will have to overturn a Conservative majority of nearly 17% .
  
highlights_snippet: Says it would risk party's credibility if Ukip leader didn't have Parliament seat .