The UKIP leader Nigel Farage is leading a Brexit charge with a fishing-boat-flotilla.

Following a rally in Bexley yesterday (June 14), Farage is sailing up the Thames with a 60-strong group of trawlers carrying Vote Leave messages.

The protest is in response to EU fishing quotas for Britain that are decided in Brussels.

Farage didn't take to kindly to Bob Geldof's intervention.

In response to the huge shoal of herring and mackerel trawlers, Bob Geldof and Remain supporters have come out in droves to debuff the Brexit waves ahead of the upcoming EU referendum.

But even Geldof was hit by a barrage of criticisms on Twitter as well. 

The sailing fleet comes one day after a visit by Farage to Bexley, which polls suggest is in favour of leaving the EU.

The Vote Leave’s campaign in Bexleyheath certainly cranked up a gear as Farage arrived aboard the battle bus to a mostly welcoming crowd. 

Belvedere campaigner for the leave side and university student Eliot Smith, 19, of Dryhill Road, told News Shopper that the UKIP leader’s arrival was a big success.

“It was crazy," he said, “Loads of people were there and as soon as he was walking the Broadway people were patting him on the back.

“A lot of people like his character.

“They respect him, because of him the government has had to call a referendum.

“They know he’s someone who can be trusted on the issue.”

The well-known political figure was heckled by 10 or so school girls as he made his way to place a bet on Britain leaving the EU, but the fracas ended after the girls took a selfie with Farage himself. 

News Shopper:
Eliot also works at the Erith and Thamesmead Conservative Association who hold a neutral ground on the Brexit issue

On the Bexley visit, Nigel Farage said: "I was delighted to see so much support out there today for Brexit.

“I sense real momentum out on the street and around the country."

The Ladbrokes betting company has projected that Bexley’s Brexit odds are 1/10 Leave, 6/1 Remain.

That equates to a 86 per cent chance of the area voting to leave and a 14 per cent chance of the area voting to remain.

The Leave campaign insists that in order to limit the powers of the European courts and stop paying EU contributions, the UK must leave. They argue that automatic rights for EU citizens to come to the country would also be scrapped.

The EU referendum will be taking place on June 23.

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