Brexit leader: Sweden might ‘Sexit’

Published July 20, 2016 2:46pm ET



Nigel Farage, one of the key figures who successfully pushed the Brexit referendum for Britain to leave the European Union, jokingly proposed on Wednesday that Sweden could be next with “Sexit.”

“I think there will be big pressure for a referendum in Denmark, so we could get Dexit. There’s a chance of a referendum in the Netherlands, so we could get Nexit. And who knows, if we go for Sweden, it could be Sexit. Couldn’t it?” said the member of the British Parliament with a chuckle during an appearance at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Wednesday.

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