Nigel Farage insists he won’t disappear after Brexit, despite making promise days before

Nigel Farage has said that he 'won't be going away' in politics despite several days before insisting once Brexit is done he would disappear.

Appearing on BBC Radio 5 Live, the Brexit Party leader was questioned by caller Mike as to why he "walked away" from politics in the aftermath of the EU referendum.

Farage responded: "I have to put my hands up and say I did make a huge mistake in 2016. We'd won the referendum convincingly, and the two major parties in this country said they would respect the result. They made it very clear - even Keir Starmer and others - we'd be leaving the single market, leaving the customs union".

He continued: "After 25 years of battling the establishment and at times a very lonely difficult journey, and facing more abuse than other person in modern politics has faced, I said 'do you know what, thank you very much I'm done'.

"And I made a huge a mistake in trusting the establishment to keep their promises, they didn't do that.

"You know what Mike, I accept that criticism, I won't be going away again".

But in an interview with ITV News days before, Farage claimed he was not a career politician.

He pledged that he would disappear once Brexit had taken place. He said: "And you know what? Once it's been achieved properly you won't see me again. It's a promise."

It comes as the Brexit Party leader hinted he wanted to rebrand the organisation to the Reform Party.