There’s been much speculation this week about how the Brexit party will approach the incoming general election. Varying reports suggested Nigel Farage’s party could choose to target anything from 20 to 100 seats. However, speaking in Westminster this morning, Farage made clear that he had bigger ambitions. The Brexit party leader said that unless Boris Johnson changed his Brexit position, his party would stand candidates in every seat in England, Wales and Scotland:
‘We will contest every single seat in England, Scotland and Wales. Please don’t doubt that we are ready. Do not underestimate our determination or organisation.’
Farage said that his party would change tack if the Tories changed their Brexit position from Boris Johnson’s proposed deal to a plan to go for a different type of free trade agreement. The Brexit party leader pointed to Donald Trump’s comments to him last night in which the US president said that he was worried Johnson’s proposed deal would mean a substantial UK/US deal would not be possible.
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