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| General election 2019: Nigel Farage targets south Wales Labour seats | General election 2019: Nigel Farage targets south Wales Labour seats |
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| Nigel Farage will visit south Wales later "to kick things off" for the Brexit Party's general election campaign. | Nigel Farage will visit south Wales later "to kick things off" for the Brexit Party's general election campaign. |
| The party is targeting "Labour heartland seats", says MEP Nathan Gill. | The party is targeting "Labour heartland seats", says MEP Nathan Gill. |
| Mr Gill said people in the south Wales valleys "will never vote Tory but they will vote for the Brexit Party". | Mr Gill said people in the south Wales valleys "will never vote Tory but they will vote for the Brexit Party". |
| Mr Farage told BBC Radio Wales the party had 40 candidates ready to contest every seat in Wales. | |
| "Clearly our real focus is many of those Labour-held seats that voted very strongly for leave that are now represented effectively by remain MPs who want to force a second referendum on them." | |
| Mr Farage added Prime Minister Boris Johnson's deal was "not Brexit". | |
| He said: "We've been through three years of agony, Boris' so-called deal gives us another three years of agony and I think when people realise that, they're pretty upset. | |
| "I'm urging the prime minister, stand up and say that you will change this deal further still so that it really starts to look like Brexit." | |
| Following a pact between the pro-remain parties Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party not to stand against each other, Mr Farage said he had believed a "leave alliance" would be a "good idea, but apparently that's not wanted". | |
| Mr Gill also told BBC Wales Mr Johnson's Brexit deal was almost exactly the same as the one his predecessor Theresa May had negotiated with EU leaders. | |
| Mr Gill said the prime minister had voted twice against Mrs May's deal and Mr Johnson had called that agreement "vassalage". | Mr Gill said the prime minister had voted twice against Mrs May's deal and Mr Johnson had called that agreement "vassalage". |
| "All the things we said we'd be able to do, we won't be able to do, it's not Brexit, it's not taking back control," he said. | "All the things we said we'd be able to do, we won't be able to do, it's not Brexit, it's not taking back control," he said. |
| "Millions of people voted for taking back control but under the prime minister's deal we're giving too much control still to the EU and Brexiteers don't like it." | |
| 'Brexiteer seats' | |
| Mr Gill, who is one of two Brexit Party MEPs in Wales, defended the decision of party leader Mr Farage not to stand in the election. | Mr Gill, who is one of two Brexit Party MEPs in Wales, defended the decision of party leader Mr Farage not to stand in the election. |
| "It's a sign of pragmatism," he said. | "It's a sign of pragmatism," he said. |
| "It's much better for Nigel to be fighting the air war for us, doing all the media, coming to Wales and making sure we get Brexiteers elected so we can have a great deal of effect when there's a hung parliament on 13 December." | "It's much better for Nigel to be fighting the air war for us, doing all the media, coming to Wales and making sure we get Brexiteers elected so we can have a great deal of effect when there's a hung parliament on 13 December." |
| He added: "We're targeting those Labour heartland seats in the south Wales valleys which have been left behind for years and years. | He added: "We're targeting those Labour heartland seats in the south Wales valleys which have been left behind for years and years. |
| "They will never vote Tory but they will vote for the Brexit Party. They are all Brexiteer seats." | "They will never vote Tory but they will vote for the Brexit Party. They are all Brexiteer seats." |
| The party has never had an MP in Wales. | The party has never had an MP in Wales. |
| It has four Welsh Assembly members. | It has four Welsh Assembly members. |
| Like Mr Gill, they were previously members of UKIP, the party Mr Farage used to lead. | Like Mr Gill, they were previously members of UKIP, the party Mr Farage used to lead. |