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| General election 2019: Brexit Party's Farage still deciding strategy | General election 2019: Brexit Party's Farage still deciding strategy |
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| Nigel Farage has refused to confirm reports the Brexit Party is withdrawing hundreds of election candidates in order to focus its campaign on a small number of Leave-voting Labour seats. | Nigel Farage has refused to confirm reports the Brexit Party is withdrawing hundreds of election candidates in order to focus its campaign on a small number of Leave-voting Labour seats. |
| Party leader Mr Farage said: "I've ruled nothing in, I've ruled nothing out. I am making a completely neutral comment ahead of our launch tomorrow." | Party leader Mr Farage said: "I've ruled nothing in, I've ruled nothing out. I am making a completely neutral comment ahead of our launch tomorrow." |
| He called the reports, published in the Daily Telegraph, "idle speculation". | He called the reports, published in the Daily Telegraph, "idle speculation". |
| Boris Johnson has repeatedly ruled out a Tory pact with the Brexit Party. | Boris Johnson has repeatedly ruled out a Tory pact with the Brexit Party. |
| The Telegraph report said the Brexit Party was considering standing down hundreds of candidates in order not to split the Leave vote, with the aim of helping the Conservatives win a majority of seats in 12 December's election. | The Telegraph report said the Brexit Party was considering standing down hundreds of candidates in order not to split the Leave vote, with the aim of helping the Conservatives win a majority of seats in 12 December's election. |
| Instead, the new pro-Brexit party would focus on a small number of Labour-held seats which voted Leave in the 2016 election, where it had a greater chance of winning than the Tories, . | Instead, the new pro-Brexit party would focus on a small number of Labour-held seats which voted Leave in the 2016 election, where it had a greater chance of winning than the Tories, . |
| However, Mr Farage said he would announce the party's strategy at an event to launch its general election campaign on Friday. | However, Mr Farage said he would announce the party's strategy at an event to launch its general election campaign on Friday. |
| Mr Farage has been critical of Boris Johnson's failure to deliver on his promise that the UK would leave the EU on 31 October. | Mr Farage has been critical of Boris Johnson's failure to deliver on his promise that the UK would leave the EU on 31 October. |
| On the other side of the Brexit debate, Remain-supporting parties have also been negotiating electoral pacts in certain constituencies. | On the other side of the Brexit debate, Remain-supporting parties have also been negotiating electoral pacts in certain constituencies. |
| The potential agreements would see the Liberal Democrats, Greens and Plaid Cymru stand aside for each other to ensure the election of as many MPs who back a second Brexit referendum as possible. | The potential agreements would see the Liberal Democrats, Greens and Plaid Cymru stand aside for each other to ensure the election of as many MPs who back a second Brexit referendum as possible. |
| Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley said it was "no secret" that the his party was "talking to the Lib Dems and Plaid" but "nothing has been finalised". | Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley said it was "no secret" that the his party was "talking to the Lib Dems and Plaid" but "nothing has been finalised". |