Theresa May’s ‘indecision’ is stopping the UK from making post-Brexit trade agreements and is damaging Britain says Nigel Farage

THERESA May’s “indecision” is stopping the UK from taking advantage of “fantastic opportunities” for post-Brexit trade agreements, according to Nigel Farage.

The former Ukip boss accused the Prime Minister of not committing to leaving the European Union, saying her Government had done “nothing” in the six months since the referendum.

He made the comments in an interview on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, where he clashed with host Susanna Reid over the potential downsides of Brexit.

Referring to the fact Article 50 is yet to be triggered, she said: “The apocalypse has not happened yet.”

“Why do you say apocalypse?” Mr Farage snapped back, adding: “None of it is going to happen.”

The testy exchange came after he attacked Mrs May for putting the UK “on the back foot” on ITV this morning.

Mr Farage said: "I'm worried, it has been over six months since we voted to leave - what have they done? Nothing.

“So, I'm concerned that we have a Government that is not really committed to carrying out the will of the people."

Mr Farage has hinted that he would seek a return to front-line politics if he believed the government tried to “backslide” on Brexit.

After a legal challenge to Brexit was upheld the Government is awaiting an appeal decision on whether they will have to ask Parliament before they can start negotiation talks.

The MEP said: “If she had triggered Article 50, there would have been no court case. We would have been up and running and the process would have started.

"Her indecision is putting us on the back foot.”

He added: "I think what we need is a much clearer, firmer leadership. We may well lose some fantastic opportunities.

“Over 20 countries have approached us since the referendum, saying 'can we do a trade deal?'.

At the moment, we've started formal discussions with not one of them."

Mr Farage also used the outing to distance himself from a former aide facing 20 years in jail in the USA for fraud.

The withering put down came as a top Tory and prominent Brexit campaigner turned fire on the PM’s strategy so far.
Former No10 strategy chief Steve Hilton hit out accusing Mrs May is pursuing a “mean-spirited, narrow” vision for Britain's exit.
He went on to say that “the tone is important, because the message that political leaders send, especially when it comes to decisions about investment and companies setting up in one country or another, or trade, tone really matters."
The former close pal of David Cameron infuriated the ex-PM by campaigning hard for Britain to Leave the EU.
In a furious public put down, he claimed the new PM’s tactics were “exactly what we don’t need; a kind of closed Brexit, a mean-spirited, narrow version of what leaving the EU should have been all about.”
 He said Mrs May risked giving the “impression that the UK is pulling up the drawbridge, and instead of being open to the world.”