Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party hailed an incredible victory in the European elections, gaining as much as 40 percent of the vote in some parts of the country. Pundits were stunned as the party surged to historic wins in the East, North West and South-West of England and Wales. In total the Brexit Party won 28 seats out of the 73 up for grabs in the UK, securing nine of 12 regions.

In London, the Liberal Democrats topped the polls and came second overall with 19.6 percent of the vote and 16 seats.

Writing for The Daily Telegraph, Mr Farage said his party’s stunning victory is just the beginning as a “revolution in British politics” will follow.

He said: “The Brexit Party has made history. We have won the elections to the European Parliament within six weeks of being launched. British politics has never seen anything like it.

“It took the Labour Party 45 years to win the popular vote in a national election.

“The Brexit Party has achieved it within 45 days, despite the major parties massively outspending us.”

In a recent interview for Peter Whittle’s YouTube channel “So What You are Saying Is”, leading historian David Starkey suggested that the UK might indeed be ready for a revolution for the first time in its history.

Mr Starkey claimed the notion of parliamentary representation, which first emerged in the Magna Carta, is the reason why Britain has avoided revolution for all these years.

However, the historian argued that by not delivering on the result of the 2016 referendum, the House of Commons is for the first time undermining this constitutional principle.

He told Mr Whittle: “[Brexit] I think is the moment at which two things have happened.

“I think the Constitution as it emerged from the Glorious Revolution is manifestly finished. It stopped working.

“You could argue equally that the notion of constitutional development from Magna Carta itself has also come to an end.

“You have to ask this question: ‘How is it that broadly we have avoided revolution?’

“In England the position of those wanting a place, an admission in the political elite – firstly the entrepreneurs, the rich outside the charm circle, the aristocracy and the gentry, the skill workers, then women, and the whole thing – every one of them didn’t want to do what was the case in France or continental Europe.

“You didn’t want to tear down the existing structures, you wanted a place in them. So radicalism in England was a campaign for parliamentary representation. You didn’t want to destroy Parliament.”

Mr Starkey noted that what has happened since the referendum is “the first time that Parliament has consciously and deliberately and led by its speaker, by its leading MPs, reversed the notion of representation”.

Lawmakers are still deadlocked over a way forward and the possibility of a second referendum is becoming more likely by the day.

Labour’s manifesto for the 2017 general election said the party “accepts the referendum result and a Labour government will put the national interest first”.

However, despite Mr Farage’s resounding victory on Sunday night, Diane Abbott and senior Labour ministers ramped up a push for Labour to hold a second referendum on any Brexit deal.

Ms Abbott declared Labour is “moving towards a clearer line” and “foregrounding a People’s Vote” after trailing third behind Lib Dems in the EU elections.

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