Nigel Farage Won’t Fight Tories in Election Boost for Boris Johnson
- Brexit Party leader says he’ll focus on fight in Labour seats
- Farage: Difficult decision will help stop second referendum
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Nigel Farage boosted Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chances of winning a majority by dramatically announcing his Brexit Party won’t fight to oust Conservatives at next month’s U.K. general election. The pound rose.
The Brexit Party leader told a rally in Hartlepool, northeast England, on Monday that it was a difficult decision to stand down candidates in the 317 seats the Tories won in the last national vote in 2017, but said he’s reassured by Johnson’s plans for a sharper split with the European Union.