Nigel Farage hails 'extraordinary' UKIP win in European election

Nigel Farage has secured 'most extraordinary result in British politics' as UKIP stormed to victory in the European elections.

The Ukip topped the European polls, performing powerfully across the country. With only Scotland left to declare, UKIP has 27.5 percent of the vote and 23 MEPs.

According to the Guardian, for the first time in modern history, neither Labour nor Conservatives have won a British national election.

Farage said the result justified the description of an earthquake because 'never before in the history of British politics has a party seen to be an insurgent party ever topped the polls in a national election,' the report said.

He claimed voters had 'delivered about the most extraordinary result that has been seen in British politics for 100 years and he is proud to have led them to that, it added.