{"id":31324,"date":"2019-11-01T12:36:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T12:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=31324"},"modified":"2019-11-01T12:36:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T12:36:35","slug":"farage-launches-brexit-party-election-19-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/farage-launches-brexit-party-election-19-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Farage launches Brexit Party election ’19 campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brexit party general election campaign officially launched this morning at a press conference in London<\/strong><\/p>\n

Party chairman Richard Tice MEP opened the launch saying:<\/p>\n

“We stand on a simple slogan: Change politics for good.<\/p>\n

And changing politics needs to start here.<\/p>\n

In this stinking, rotten borough of Westminster.”<\/p>\n

He also said:<\/p>\n

“The shambles of the parliamentary games here in Westminster in recent weeks and months, highlights the need for major political reform.<\/p>\n

And it’s only the Brexit party that can be trusted on that political reform.”<\/p>\n

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There is two weeks to put together a Leave alliance and it has to be done. pic.twitter.com\/3KHJmNUh9z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) November 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The young political party – formed only this January – took 29 seats at the European Parliament elections in May.<\/p>\n

This included two London constituencies.<\/p>\n

More than 400,000 Londoners voted for Nigel Farage’s hard-Brexit backing party at that election.<\/p>\n

But the Lib Dems won three seats with the backing of more than 600,000 London voters.<\/p>\n

In a ferocious attack on the prime minister Boris Johnson, party leader Mr Farage said:<\/p>\n

“We have two weeks to form a leave alliance.<\/p>\n

The risk of the vote being split is very real.”<\/p>\n

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Richard Tice says the electoral system is \u201ccorrupt\u201d and open to \u201chuge abuse\u201d. Specifically referencing postal voting in Peterborough by-election. pic.twitter.com\/GQig7ow8AL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 John Johnston (@johnjohnstonmi) November 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He referred to the Peterborough by-election held on June 6.<\/p>\n

Labour won the East of England seat despite most voters backing the leave-supporting Tory and Brexit parties.<\/p>\n

The Tories and the Brexit party took over 50% of the popular vote in that by-election.<\/p>\n

The 55-year-old and one-time United Kingdom Independence Party leader told reporters:<\/p>\n

“It [Peterborough] could have gone to leavers but went to remainers. They [the Conservatives] need to understand the logic of a pact.”<\/p>\n

He also said that Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University and political scientist Sir John Curtis had said that “the mathematics of this works.”<\/p>\n

Mr Tice, who co-founded Leave.EU with controversial UKIP donor Aaron Banks, also said:<\/p>\n

“We need electoral reform. The first-past-the-post … disenfranchises millions and millions of voters up and down the country.”<\/p>\n

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We need to #ChangePoliticsForGood<\/a>. To do that, we need electoral reform. pic.twitter.com\/dPoQEjwGcQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Brexit Party (@brexitparty_uk) November 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Asked if he would rather see a “Remain party” win the election and stay in the EU, than have the Tories win and implement the PM’s deal, Mr Farage told talkRadio:<\/p>\n

“This is probably our best chance and maybe our last chance of actually getting a genuine Brexit delivered.”<\/p>\n

He said that in the event of Mr Johnson’s “treaty going through” there would inevitably be a second referendum.<\/p>\n

“I’m offering a way forward that if Boris Johnson takes, he’ll win\u00a0and<\/em> win with a big majority.<\/p>\n

If he chooses not to do it, then we’ll stand in every seat across the country. That’s where we are.”<\/p>\n

The South East England MEP also said he would stand candidates against the Tories if Mr Johnson’s “terms” for a pact with the Brexit party was to “accept the deal”.<\/p>\n

Words: Scott Mathew | Subbing: Michelle Del Rey | Featured image credit: Adobe Stock<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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