UKIP Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Nigel Farage declared in Brussels today that Article 50 should be invoked as soon as possible, and that Eurocrats were “in denial” over the failings of the European Union (EU) political project. Speaking at the EU Referendum debate at the European Parliament, following the address by President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, UKIP MEP and party leader Nigel Farage stated that the British government should invoke Article 50 as soon as possible, and that it was in the best mutual interests of Britain and the EU to have a tariff-free deal. Mr. Farage opened his first address of the European Parliament since the historic win on Thursday: Isn’t it funny. When I came here 17 years ago, you all laughed at me when I said that I wanted to lead a campaign to get Britain to leave the European Union. You all laughed at me. Well I have to say, you’re not laughing now, are you? Addressing the vocal malcontent of his fellow MEPs, Mr. Farage called out an EU as “a political project in denial”, slamming the bloc for undermining the sovereignty of European nations: The biggest problem you’ve got and the main reason the UK