Brexit Party wants to team up with Tories; Johnson says no

Nigel Farage, the minor-party leader who played a major role in Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, is trying to throw his weight around again in the U.K.’s Brexit-dominated election.

Farage on Friday piled the pressure on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying his Brexit Party will run against Johnson’s Conservatives across the country in the Dec. 12 early election unless Johnson abandons his divorce deal with the EU.

Farage spoke a day after U.S. President Donald Trump barged into the British election campaign, urging his friend Farage to make an electoral pact with Johnson’s Conservatives. Trump told Farage on the Euroskeptic politician’s own radio phone-in show Thursday that he and Johnson would be “an unstoppable force.”

Johnson on Friday gently rebuffed Trump’s suggestion and ruled out an electoral pact with Farage.

“If I may respectfully say to all our friends around the world ... the only way to get this thing done is to vote for us,” Johnson told ITV News. “If you vote for any other party, the risk is you’ll just get Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party, dither and delay.”

 

Brexit Party wants to team up with Tories; Johnson says no

Nigel Farage, the minor-party leader who played a major role in Britains decision to leave the European Union, is trying to throw his weight around again in the U.K.s Brexit-dominated election. Farage on Friday piled the pressure on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying his Brexit Party will run against Johnsons Conservatives across the country in the Dec. 12 early election unless Johnson abandons his divorce deal with the EU. Farage spoke a day after U.S. President Donald Trump barged into the British election campaign, urging his friend Farage to make an electoral pact with Johnsons Conservatives. Trump told Farage on the Euroskeptic politicians own radio phone-in show Thursday that he and Johnson would be an unstoppable force. Johnson on Friday gently rebuffed Trumps suggestion and ruled out an electoral pact with Farage. If I may respectfully say to all our friends around the world ... the only way to get this thing done is to vote for us, Johnson told ITV News. If you vote for any other party, the risk is youll just get Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party, dither and delay.