Brexiteer hopes of Nigel Farage becoming the UK's new US ambassador have been dashed after it emerged the government is only accepting applications from existing civil servants.

The Brexit Party leader will get a six-figure 'transition' payment because he has spent more than 20 years as an MP in the heart of Brussels.

Nigel Farage today said he will be mothballing the Brexit Party so that he can bring it back if Boris Johnson makes a 'mess' of the UK's departure from the European Union.

Dehenna Davison, the 26-year-old MP for Bishop Auckland, infuriated Downing Street by saying that Nigel Farage deserved a peerage for his anti-EU campaigning.

Nigel Farage today said he will miss being the European Union's 'pantomime villain' as he predicted the UK's departure from the bloc will herald its demise.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told a Channel 4 documentary he believed Dominic Cummings was behind persuading Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to form a Leave alliance.

Parliament vice-president Mairead McGuinness switched off Mr Farage's microphone as he was finishing his address as she told the party's MEPs to 'put your flags away, you are leaving'.

The eurosceptic chose the surroundings of the L'Escargot French restaurant in London to unveil the work by Dan Llywelyn Hall less than 36 hours before the UK is set to leave the EU.

The Brexit Party leader claimed the 'Establishment' had done everything it possibly could to make the event in Parliament Square a 'damp squib'.

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The Brexit Party leader claimed Brexit was 'an incredible victory for ordinary people against the establishment' as he spoke of his joy at seeing it happen.

The arch-Brexiteer whipped up jubilant crowds in London's Parliament Square on Friday night moments before the historic divorce from the bloc.

Farage took to Twitter to voice his triumph after Britain left the European Union last night. In a speech to jubilant crowds last night he said: 'The people have beaten the establishment.'

A bullish Nigel Farage proclaimed it 'looks like we are still winning' after he watched his friend and ally Donald Trump deliver a divisive State of the Union speech in Washington.

The leader of the Brexit Party sat down with the US President for talks yesterday evening in the Oval Office as the two continued to bolster their friendship.

Mr Farage made the comments on his LBC Radio show on Sunday morning, despite rules issued last week saying people should only be leaving the house for exercise once a day.

Sipping a glass of red wine, the Brexit Party leader said 'we are all locked down' and 'there isn't much else to do' as he held a Q&A on Facebook Live last night.

The Brexit Party leader was filmed at Pett Level, a beach in east Sussex, claiming it was the 'favoured location' for migrants to land in the UK. A spokesman said he was there as a broadcaster.

The law enforcers 'advised' Mr Farage on lockdown rules and essential travel after a complaint was reportedly made following his trip to the Port of Dover in Kent.

Mr Farage delivered a letter to Kent Police headquarters in Maidstone in which he said he was 'certain' the visit to his home was 'a very unwise use of officers' time and of public money'.

Leonardo DiCaprio's much younger girlfriend Camila Morrone was spotted in a casual all-black outfit as she left a skincare clinic in West Hollywood. She went out after clapping back at haters on Instagram.

Camila Morrone, 22, continued her sizzling display as she slipped into a hot pink bikini for more fun on board a luxury yacht with the Oscar winner, 44, in Positano, Italy on Thursday.

The Titanic actor went shirtless as he soaked up the sunshine in royal blue swim-shorts, while his girlfriend dazzled in a simple black ensemble.

Sean Penn, 58, proved he was still very much as adventurous as ever, spotted jumping off the side of Leonardo DiCaprio's super yacht with his girlfriend, Leila George, 27, on Saturday.

The 34-year-old reality star admitted she had a wild night with Leonardo DiCaprio nearly a decade ago and turned down his advances after six months of texting.

The 22-year-old girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio admitted: 'I've had a pretty organic approach [to acting]. I'm not Jessica Chastain. I'm not theatrically trained'

Leonardo DiCaprio treated his younger girlfriend Camila Morrone to a date night at San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood on Monday.

While Leonardo DiCaprio has had a successful career since he was a young child, Titanic was his true breakout role, and it seems he has Paul Rudd to thank for it.

Brooklyn Beckham was spotted enjoying a cosy dinner with Nicola Peltz in Los Angeles on Sunday, after they left Leonardo DiCaprio's Halloween party together.

Leonardo DiCaprio hit the town without model-girlfriend Camila Morrone and reunited with old flame Paris Hilton at the opening of new club in Los Angeles last Tuesday.

Leonardo DiCaprio reunited with his longtime collaborator, director Martin Scorsese, and his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood co-star Al Pacino at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.

Edward Norton relived the moment he saved Leonardo DiCaprio from drowning during a scuba diving excursion in the Galapagos Islands on The Jonathan Ross show.

The actors, aged 45 and 55, appeared to be in good spirits as they attended the screening in Los Angeles on Thursday. Also at the event was Dakota Fanning and Margaret Qualley.

The 45-year-old actor attempted to go incognito underneath a dark hooded sweatshirt while leaving the trendy San Vicente Bungalows.

The 45-year-old actor was seen enjoying a shopping trip with his girlfriend Camila Morrone, 22, and his best friend Lukas Haas, 43, in Aspen on Tuesday.

Victoria Silvstedt turned heads as she hit the beach in a yellow ruffle bikini in St Barts on Wednesday.

Leonardo DiCaprio was seen posing with longtime friend Robert De Niro, 76, during the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards held in Beverly Hills. They worked together on the 1993 film This Boy's Life.

A source confirmed to DailyMail.com that the Hollywood star, 45, was on board a boat off the island of St. Barts that located the man after he'd spent 11 hours treading water and pulled him to safety.

Before presenting Robert De Niro with the SAG Life Achievement Award at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards, Leonardo DiCaprio confirmed he's starring alongside him in a new movie.

Pitt later gave LDC another shout-out before taking a shot at Quentin Tarantino when he accepted his award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.

Brad Pitt and best friend Leonardo DiCaprio reunited for the Oscars Nominee luncheon in Los Angeles on Monday.

The Oscar winning actor took the drivers seat in his flash Audi SUV as they left Kevin Hart's comedy gig at The Peppermint in West Hollywood.

'There was strong interest, but honestly, I'd just made this romantic epic with Leo in Mexico City, which is where they were going to shoot Titanic, and I just didn't have it in me,' the actress, 40, said.

They worked together on the hit films The Wolf of Wall Street and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. 

In an accompanying shot, which had a confetti-like filter, the Academy Award winner and the upstart actress posed side by side with noisemakers in hand.

The model, 22, cut an elegant figure in a black sequin gown and satin evening gloves as she headed to Vanity Fair's Oscars bash on Sunday without her boyfriend, Leonardo DiCaprio, 45.

The 45-year-old actor donned both a hat and hooded sweatshirt as he left the trendy San Vicente Bungalows with his supermodel girlfriend.

Jack Whitehall  has found new love with stunning model and Leonardo DiCaprio's former flame, Roxy Horner, it has been claimed.

The 45-year-old actor is asking people to donate to the All In Challenge, with one lucky winner able to have a cameo in the new film Killers of the Flower Moon, directed by Martin Scorsese.

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