Farage: Parties' stance on EU referendum 'won't wash' with British public

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has said the Conservatives and Labour's stance on an EU referendum "won't wash" with the British public.

He said: "First it was the Tories offering the British people consent on the never-never. Now we see Labour doing much the same."

The 48-year-old continued: "It won't wash. Poll after poll shows that we want a say, we want it now, and we want it on a simple, transparent question. In or out.

"The political elite are running scared of public opinion on our relationship with the EU. Muddying the waters, writing promissory notes about what might happen in 10 years' time, is no longer acceptable."