Nigel Farage says he's 'done his bit' but how will his leadership be remembered?

Nigel Farage has quit as leader of UKIP, telling supporters as he dropped the mic: "I've done my bit."

Farage has been a controversial figure in UK politics who held office for six years.

He won't be forgotten any time soon, having made a huge impact during his time with the UK Independence party.

Here's how we will remember the man who took UK politics to the pub and helped steer the country towards an independent future.

Surviving a plane crash

In 2010, Farage took flight in a light aircraft, trailing a UKIP banner across the skies of Northants on election day.

It was a shorter ride than expected when the banner became tangled in the plane and it crashed into a field, breaking his ribs, sternum and puncturing his lung.

Making indecisiveness a work of art

Farage has quit as leader of UKIP but he could be back in the reins next week.

He stepped down in 2015 but the party refused to accepted his resignation.

On the night of the EU referendum he told the press: "[It] looks like Remain will edge it. UKIP and I are going nowhere."

A few hours later, he was celebrating victory.

And of course there's the case of that £350m that was promised to the NHS, only for that claim to be denied immediately after the Brexit result.

Enjoying a pint

Apart from Brexit, nothing makes Farage happier than a fag and a pint

Nigel Farage won a lot of fans with his "man of the people" appeal, rallying supporters to his cause in the pub.

He even conducted interviews with journalists while sinking a beer.

Believing women are worth less than men

Farage joined MP Diane James to celebrate her success in Eastleigh in 2013

In 2014, Farage stated women are "worth less" than men in the banking sector if they choose to have a family.

"A woman who has a client base, has a child and takes two or three years off - she is worth far less to her employer when she comes back than when she went away," he once said at a press conference.

"That client base won't be stuck as rigidly to her portfolio.

"I think young, able women that are prepared to sacrifice the family life and stick with their career will do as well if not better than men."

Descending from French immigrants

Proud poster moment

Just days before the EU referendum Farage stood proudly in front of a controversial immigration poster.

But Farage's family were once migrants.

"Originally we were persecuted protestants from France who fled in fear of our lives and were welcomed in by England," he said on Bulgarian TV.

His wife, Kirsten Mehr, is a German national.

Saying tax avoidance was bad (while trying to avoid tax)

Farage described other MPs as "hypocritical" when it came to their finances.

But when challenged by Channel 4 about his own savings fund on the Isle Of Man he replied: "Well, it is difficult to define whether it is offshore or not."

"We all avoid tax if we possibly can, legally. It is all above board."

Making everyone in Thailand giggle

"PukiPukiPukiPukiPuki"

This went viral in Malaysia because 'puki' in Filipino means vagina and in Malay it means something which we can't write here.

Perhaps UKIP poster organisers may want to reconsider using spaces next time?

Oh yeah, and then there's the whole 'Brexit' thing

There's that smile again

Farage was one of the main figureheads of the Brexit Leave campaign.

"Dare to dream. The dawn is breaking on an independent United Kingdom," he said in the early hours of 24 June 2016 after it was revealed the UK had voted to leave the EU.

"This is a victory for ordinary people, for good people, for decent people."

Shortly after this, Farage challenged the EU head-on, celebrating Leave campaigners' victory with a speech in Brussels.

"I know that virtually none of you have never done a proper job in your lives, or worked in business, or worked in trade, or indeed ever created a job," he said during his speech.

A photo of EU commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis - who was formerly a heart surgeon who lived in Siberia - holding his head in his hands behind Farage during his speech went viral.

Vytenis wasn't the only member of the EU with an impressive employment history.

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