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| General election 2019: Farage makes last ditch plea for pact with Tories | General election 2019: Farage makes last ditch plea for pact with Tories |
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| Nigel Farage has said the Brexit Party will try "for a few more days" to agree an electoral pact with the Tories. | Nigel Farage has said the Brexit Party will try "for a few more days" to agree an electoral pact with the Tories. |
| Campaigning in south Wales, he said his party would beat Labour in "many constituencies" in the region if the Conservatives withdrew from the field. | Campaigning in south Wales, he said his party would beat Labour in "many constituencies" in the region if the Conservatives withdrew from the field. |
| But he also denounced Boris Johnson's deal with the EU as "not Brexit", calling it a "short term political fix" to win December's general election. | |
| He also challenged the prime minister to a head-to-head debate on the deal. | He also challenged the prime minister to a head-to-head debate on the deal. |
| The event took place on Friday in Little Mill near Pontypool, just over the border from the Labour-held constituency of Torfaen but located in the Tory-held constituency of Monmouth. | The event took place on Friday in Little Mill near Pontypool, just over the border from the Labour-held constituency of Torfaen but located in the Tory-held constituency of Monmouth. |
| Speaking at a village hall, Mr Farage had this message for Mr Johnson: "If you really believe that this is a great new deal, or as you said in the last couple of days a fantastic deal, if you are really trying to tell the British public this gets Brexit done, let's have a civilised head-to-head debate on what this EU treaty means and I'd be only be too happy to stand with Boris to talk this through." | Speaking at a village hall, Mr Farage had this message for Mr Johnson: "If you really believe that this is a great new deal, or as you said in the last couple of days a fantastic deal, if you are really trying to tell the British public this gets Brexit done, let's have a civilised head-to-head debate on what this EU treaty means and I'd be only be too happy to stand with Boris to talk this through." |
| Last week, Boris Johnson rejected suggestions that he should work with the Brexit Party during the election. | Last week, Boris Johnson rejected suggestions that he should work with the Brexit Party during the election. |
| Plaid Cymru, Liberal Democrats and the Greens have agreed a pro-EU electoral pact in 11 of the 40 seats in Wales. | Plaid Cymru, Liberal Democrats and the Greens have agreed a pro-EU electoral pact in 11 of the 40 seats in Wales. |
| Repeating his call for a leave alliance, Mr Farage said: "if that leave alliance was put to the country it would win a very big majority". | Repeating his call for a leave alliance, Mr Farage said: "if that leave alliance was put to the country it would win a very big majority". |
| Mr Farage denied trying to split the vote and accused the Conservative Party of not wanting to come to "any sort of accommodation". | Mr Farage denied trying to split the vote and accused the Conservative Party of not wanting to come to "any sort of accommodation". |
| "I'm going to go on trying for a few more days and make the point that in Torfaen, and other constituencies here in south Wales, the Conservatives haven't won for a hundred years," he said. | "I'm going to go on trying for a few more days and make the point that in Torfaen, and other constituencies here in south Wales, the Conservatives haven't won for a hundred years," he said. |
| "And they're not going to win here on 12 December, there is no chance of them winning. | "And they're not going to win here on 12 December, there is no chance of them winning. |
| "So I would make this urgent plea to Boris Johnson and others - don't split the Brexit Party vote here in south Wales. | "So I would make this urgent plea to Boris Johnson and others - don't split the Brexit Party vote here in south Wales. |
| "We are the challengers here in south Wales and if you're not in the field we will beat Labour in many of these constituencies." | "We are the challengers here in south Wales and if you're not in the field we will beat Labour in many of these constituencies." |
| Mr Farage said the prime minister should ditch his Brexit deal because "it's not Brexit, it's a short term political fix and an attempt to win a general election". | Mr Farage said the prime minister should ditch his Brexit deal because "it's not Brexit, it's a short term political fix and an attempt to win a general election". |
| He urged Mr Johnson to "make it clear that we absolutely have to leave" the EU "at some point in 2020, with or without any form of deal". | He urged Mr Johnson to "make it clear that we absolutely have to leave" the EU "at some point in 2020, with or without any form of deal". |
| That deal "must be a trade deal, not one based on regulatory and political alignment", he added. | That deal "must be a trade deal, not one based on regulatory and political alignment", he added. |
| Mr Farage said his party was ready to fight all the Welsh seats, if there was no pact with the Conservatives. | Mr Farage said his party was ready to fight all the Welsh seats, if there was no pact with the Conservatives. |
| Asked earlier on BBC Radio Wales how many seats his party would win, Mr Farage said: "I've no idea. Do you know, when I launched the campaign for the European elections, going back to April this year, I had no idea how we would do. | Asked earlier on BBC Radio Wales how many seats his party would win, Mr Farage said: "I've no idea. Do you know, when I launched the campaign for the European elections, going back to April this year, I had no idea how we would do. |
| "We comfortably topped the poll in Wales, coming first in many, many seats." | "We comfortably topped the poll in Wales, coming first in many, many seats." |
| Asked if he would publish an election manifesto, Mr Farage said he would produce what he called a "contract with the British people". | Asked if he would publish an election manifesto, Mr Farage said he would produce what he called a "contract with the British people". |
| He said it was 95% ready and the party would launch it in the next few weeks. | He said it was 95% ready and the party would launch it in the next few weeks. |
| Launched just seven months ago, the Brexit Party has four Welsh Assembly members, who were previously members of UKIP, the party Mr Farage used to lead. | Launched just seven months ago, the Brexit Party has four Welsh Assembly members, who were previously members of UKIP, the party Mr Farage used to lead. |
| There are also two Welsh Brexit Party MEPs. | There are also two Welsh Brexit Party MEPs. |