UKIP's Farage Urges to Become Democratic, Make June 23 UK Independence Day

UKIP leader Nigel Farage urged British citizens to vote "to become a normal country" and make the day of the EU membership referendum an independence day.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), called on the UK nationals on Wednesday to make June 23, the day of a referendum on the country’s membership in the European Union, its independence day.

"I want us tomorrow to vote for Britain to become independent. I want us to vote for us to become democratic. I want us to vote to become a normal country… Together we can make tomorrow our independence day," Farage said in his last speech ahead of the referendum.

On Thursday, the British public will vote in a referendum on whether their country should stay in or leave the European Union. The referendum was scheduled after UK Prime Minister David Cameron and the leaders of the 27 EU member states agreed in February to grant the United Kingdom a special status within the bloc.

Brexit supporters argue that EU membership has eroded the country’s independence to legislate, direct its economy and control its borders. Opponents warn that leaving the European Union could deeply harm the UK economy.