Nigel Farage 'regrets' election pact that helped Boris Johnson win landslide
The former leader of the Brexit party has withdrawn candidates from the 317 seats the Tories won in the 2017 election to give the Tories a clear race to power - but he now regrets moving it
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Nigel Farage has admitted he regrets making an election deal to help Boris Johnson to a landslide victory in 2019.
The former Brexit Party leader withdrew candidates from the 317 seats won by the Tories in the 2017 election to give the Tories a clear race to power.
The humiliating move came after Mr Johnson ignored his call for a 'Leave the Alliance' pact from pro-Brexit parties.
The then Prime Minister, who replaced Theresa May in No 10 in July 2019, went on to win an 80-seat majority in the House of Commons using the campaign slogan 'Get Brexit Done'. The UK officially left the EU on January 31, 2020.
Mr. Farage, who sensationally admitted Brexit was a 'failure' last week, now regrets having struck a deal with Mr Johnson in 2019.
He told ITV's Peston: "I felt at that point we just had to get over the line. I have some regrets now, yes of course I do."
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itvpeston/Twitter)He said: "The Tories effectively lied to the country in 2019, they didn't deliver Brexit and Sunak is now saying he doesn't want us to compete with our neighbours, which is almost an admission that we will do. stay close to the rules of the single market.
"That's not what millions of people voted for."
The former UKIP leader has also hinted that he may return to frontline politics.
When asked if he would do that or move overseas, he replied, "Oh, the first, not the second…I'm thinking about it very hard.
“I tell you what, just over a decade ago I saw the divide between Westminster, politics and the media and the country, and led an insurrection with UKIP. gap is now bigger than it was then."
It comes after Mr Farage, who is considered an architect of Brexit, said the project had 'failed'.
The former leader of the Brexit party has withdrawn candidates from the 317 seats the Tories won in the 2017 election to give the Tories a clear race to power - but he now regrets moving it
Video not available
Click to playTap to play
Nigel Farage talks about his deal with Boris Johnson
Nigel Farage has admitted he regrets making an election deal to help Boris Johnson to a landslide victory in 2019.
The former Brexit Party leader withdrew candidates from the 317 seats won by the Tories in the 2017 election to give the Tories a clear race to power.
The humiliating move came after Mr Johnson ignored his call for a 'Leave the Alliance' pact from pro-Brexit parties.
The then Prime Minister, who replaced Theresa May in No 10 in July 2019, went on to win an 80-seat majority in the House of Commons using the campaign slogan 'Get Brexit Done'. The UK officially left the EU on January 31, 2020.
Mr. Farage, who sensationally admitted Brexit was a 'failure' last week, now regrets having struck a deal with Mr Johnson in 2019.
He told ITV's Peston: "I felt at that point we just had to get over the line. I have some regrets now, yes of course I do."
Picture:
itvpeston/Twitter)He said: "The Tories effectively lied to the country in 2019, they didn't deliver Brexit and Sunak is now saying he doesn't want us to compete with our neighbours, which is almost an admission that we will do. stay close to the rules of the single market.
"That's not what millions of people voted for."
The former UKIP leader has also hinted that he may return to frontline politics.
When asked if he would do that or move overseas, he replied, "Oh, the first, not the second…I'm thinking about it very hard.
“I tell you what, just over a decade ago I saw the divide between Westminster, politics and the media and the country, and led an insurrection with UKIP. gap is now bigger than it was then."
It comes after Mr Farage, who is considered an architect of Brexit, said the project had 'failed'.
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