Nigel Farage warns there will be RIOTS on the streets if Brexit is blocked by MPs as he blasts ‘Chief Wrexiteer’ Gina Miller in a fiery TV interview
Ukip boss slams the women who spearheaded Article 50 legal ruling and warned there will be disturbances on the streets
NIGEL Farage warned there will be riots on the streets if MPs try and block Brexit as he slammed the woman spearheading the Article 50 legal challenge.
The Ukip boss savaged ‘Chief Wrexiteer’ Gina Miller in a fiery TV interview for unleashing political turmoil after the judges rules Theresa May cannot exit the EU without Parliament having its say.
He demanded to know "what part of the word leave don’t you understand?”, but the former model-turned financier was defiant, telling Mr Farage on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show “you should be my biggest fan".
Ms Miller said the High Court ruling has stopped the Government acting like a "tin-pot dictatorship" over plans to take us out if the European Union without a vote by MPs.
But appearing opposite her Mr Farage accused her of allowing Remainers to tie the Prime Minister’s hands and only execute a so-called ‘half Brexit’.
And he also made a grave warning that there will be disturbances on the streets if Parliament attempts to thwart the historic vote by the British public on June 23.
The interim party leader added: “If the people of this country think that they’re going to be cheated, they’re going to be betrayed, then we will see political anger, the likes of which none of us in our lifetimes have ever witnessed in this country.”
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Asked whether that could mean "disturbances in the street", he replied: "Yeah, I think that's right."
He called on Brexit backers to "get even" via peaceful protests and oppose at the ballot box anyone who seeks to overturn the process.
Ms Miller, 51, said the Press had "behaved disgracefully" following the court judgment, which the Government is now appealing to the Supreme Court.
She told the BBC show: "This is about creating legal certainty and actually, everyone in the country should be my biggest fan because I've used my own money and a few of us we have used our own money to create legal certainty for Mrs May to move ahead."
She said it was "misdirection" to claim that the decision was unpicking parliamentary sovereignty.
"The case is that she cannot use something called the Royal Prerogative to do it because we do not live in a tin-pot dictatorship," she said.
Mr Farage said as they squared off: "She has done with what she believes in, I support people doing what they believe in.
"However, I just want to ask her what part of the word 'leave' don't you understand?"
Ms Miller replied: "Have you read the case?"
Mr Farage pressed Ms Miller over whether she wants the UK to remain part of the single market, prompting her to reply: "I'm not the politician here. I'm the person who saw the elephant in the room, which is there's no legal certainty.
"You should actually be my biggest fan because I've just created the legal certainty so that Theresa May can now, rather than appealing, go ahead, have the debate and leave - not interrupt her timetable."
Mr Farage accused Ms Miller of giving those in Parliament who argue the referendum does not mean Britain should leave the single market "the chance, effectively, to overturn" Mrs May's wish and mandate her.
He added: "If that happens, you will have stirred up, I think, the biggest political upset we've ever seen."
Ms Miller insisted the UK has a representative democracy which ensures politicians have to debate issues, adding: "That's what you argued for the whole way through - parliamentary sovereignty."
Mr Farage replied: "No, no. This is not about whether Parliament is sovereign, it's about whether the British people are sovereign.
"That's the real argument here and for you as a pro-EU supporter to talk about parliamentary sovereignty in Britain is a bit rich, isn't it?"
The duo found common ground after Mr Farage said: "I would now wish to see constitutional change to make referendums binding and that would end this argument and there'd be no need for this case."
Ms Miller said: "Absolutely."
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron criticised Mr Farage's warnings of disturbances and said "all responsible politicians" must distance themselves from the Ukip politician.
Mr Farron said: "This is the politics of the gutter. All that has happened is that British judges in a British court have interpreted British laws.
"Nigel Farage should welcome that. British citizens aren't talking about taking to the street, only Nigel Farage is.
"Responsible leaders have a duty to calm tempers, heal division and work together to keep Britain open, tolerant and united."