The leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage, has said his party will contest every seat in the upcoming general election unless Prime Minister Boris Johnson ditches his Brexit deal with the EU
LONDON - Nigel Farage opened his election campaign on Friday by telling Prime Minister Boris Johnson that his Brexit Party will contest every seat in Britain unless he ditches his EU divorce deal and agrees to an electoral alliance of Brexit-supporting parties.The snap election, set for Dec. 12, is highly unpredictable so an alliance on either side of the Brexit schism could be a game changer after nearly four years of political crisis over Britain’s decision to quit the European Union.
Opinion polls show Johnson has a healthy lead over the main opposition Labour Party, but also that more than 10% of voters back the Brexit Party - enough to split the pro-Brexit vote in some seats and hand victory to Labour. Farage, who as UKIP leader helped force May’s predecessor David Cameron to call the Brexit referendum and then played a lead role in the campaign to leave the EU, said that without a pact Britain’s exit from the bloc was in peril.“This is a one-off opportunity. If we don’t get it, if we do finish up with that withdrawal agreement, then frankly, I think it’s the end of Brexit,” he said.
“It will not get Brexit done - and it will create another gridlocked parliament that doesn’t work,” Conservative Party Chairman James Cleverly said.Shunned by the British political establishment, Farage, backed by wealthy euroskeptic financiers, helped sell Brexit to millions of voters in England and Wales who felt ignored by the mainstream Conservative and Labour parties.
Farage’s enemies say he sells a nostalgic vision of a Britain that never was to insecure voters challenged by globalization, though opponents admit their failure to address concerns over immigration allowed him to build support. Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks during the Brexit Party general election campaign launch in London, Britain November 1, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
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