Election 2019 LIVE: Corbyn facing wipeout as Farage opens the door for HUGE Tory majority.
NIGEL Farage has given Boris Johnson a massive boost by saying the Brexit Party will not field candidates in any of the seats currently held by the Conservative Party in next month's general election, vowing instead to "take the fight to Labour" in a move which he said ruled out the possibility of a second referendum - adding that his announcement amounted to the creation of the "Leave alliance" he had proposed all along.
However, Boris Johnson's pledge not to extend the transition period beyond 2020 appears to have changed Mr Farage's mind, along with his preparedness to negotiate a superplus Canada deal "with no political alignment" with the EU.
To huge applause, Mr Farage added: "The Brexit Party will not contest the 317 seats the Conservatives won at the last election – we will concentrate our total effort fighting the Labour Party."
He said all candidates the Brexit Party would field were utterly committed to the cause of Brexit, and Brexit MPs would reinforce this message.
He added: "I have got no great love for the Conservative Party but I think this announcement today prevents a second referendum."
"In a sense we now have a Leave alliance - it's just that we've done it unilaterally."
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