Election boost for Boris Johnson as Brexit leader Nigel Farage withdraws candidates
(Worthy News) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chances of securing a Conservative majority in the nation’s next general election just improved, as Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has withdrawn a slew of candidates.
Farage, who planned to stand 600 candidates in next month’s election, announced Monday that he will not contest the 317 seats won by the Conservative Party in 2017. Instead, his party has set its sights on challenging seats held by the Labour Party and “the rest of the Remainer parties” in an effort to put Brexit over his own party by setting up a “unilateral Leave alliance” to help Conservatives land a majority.
“The Brexit party will not contest the 317 seats the Conservatives won at the last election,” he said at a press conference. “We will concentrate our total effort into all the seats that are held by the Labour party, who have completely broken their manifesto pledge in 2017 to respect the result of the referendum, and we will also take on the rest of the Remainer parties. We will stand up and fight them all.” [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]