NIGEL FARAGE will join other leading Brexiteers kicking off a series of rallies at the University of Bolton Stadium on Saturday. Ahead of his speech at the Leave Means Leave event, Mr Farage tells JOSEPH TIMAN what he believes the people of Bolton should do to stop the “Brexit betrayal”.

It’s been more than two years since Bolton voted convincingly, 58.3 per cent, to leave the EU and the rest of the UK followed suit.

Following the result, the former UKIP leader said that his job was done, but now he’s back on the scene hoping to remobilise Brexit voters up and down the country.

“I shouldn’t be having to come back. I thought that was the last time I would need to appear on a stage,” he told The Bolton News.

“I think for a lot of Brexiteers, they realise I’m the person who believes in this with all his heart and all his soul.”

Last month, Mr Farage announced that he would join the Leave Means Leave campaign as vice chairman.

The eurosceptic group, co-founded by property entrepreneur Richard Tice and business consultant John Longworth, want to raise £5 million to take on Remain campaigners and fight for a “clean, swift exit” from the EU.

“We need to start getting the public reinvolved in the Brexit debate. I want to get them reactivated. I want them engaging, talking to their neighbours and friends.”

Mr Farage has visited Bolton several times for party conferences and campaign events over the years including a visit to the town hall.

He said that Bolton symbolises an area with a strong leave vote but claimed that there is a “total disconnect” with its MPs.

“It’s going to places like Bolton that made me realise that the Leave vote could win,” he said.

“I don’t think that Labour MPs in areas like Bolton are representing their constituents.”

Mr Farage accused both major parties of betrayal following the referendum result, calling the Conservative Chequers deal “massively watered down” and saying that Labour have betrayed voters across the North.

In his view, people voted to leave the EU for two main reasons: taking back control of borders and taking back control from European courts.

He claims that both parties are failing to deliver on these demands and would betray voters further if the UK does not leave the single market.

“Every single major politician said if we vote to leave, we are leaving the single market. The argument that voters didn’t know what they were voting for is condescending.”

Mr Farage also used immigration as an example of the “massive gap” between what ordinary people want and what politicians in Westminster want.

“The population of this country has gone up by 6.5 million people. People are screaming about access to public services. Quality of life is diminishing,” he said.

He described politicians taking voters for granted as a “disgrace” and wants people to remind their MPs how they really feel.

“I shall be saying in Bolton, ‘you people need to get back engaged in this – talk to your local MPs, visit your local MPs, write to your local newspapers.’

“At the end of the day there’s going to be a vote in the House of Commons and if a sitting MP in Bolton thinks that they might lose their seat, that will concentrate their minds. You can’t take voters for granted.”

Earlier this year, the former UKIP leader said that a second referendum about EU membership would “kill off” the anti-Brexit campaign for a generation.

Speaking to The Bolton News, Mr Farage said that his comments were misunderstood and in fact he does not think that we need another vote.

Mr Farage criticised Andy Burnham whose qualified backing for a second referendum was echoed by the Mayor of London this weekend.

He said that it was strange that the Mayor of Greater Manchester was calling for a second referendum despite saying that it would cause civil unrest.

Mr Burnham said that he would call for a second vote as last resort in order to avoid leaving the European Union without a vote.

However, Mr Farage believes that “Project Fear” is still at large and claims that we have nothing to worry about.

“Any attempt to force a second one will end in mass disgust,” he said. “We’ve already put it to bed.”

According to Mr Farage, around 1,000 people attended the last Brexit rally he held during the referendum campaign – but he hopes even more will attend this weekend.

He said that the referendum was won because of grassroots action so delivering it should be no different.

“We have to remobilise the people’s army that voted for Brexit.”