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Nigel Farage has said that a vote for his Brexit Party would be a vote for a WTO Brexit – his name for a no deal Brexit. He also said that if his party won big in the EU elections, they should have a place at future talks with the EU. Farage is something of a hate figure with Conservatives being seen as someone who split the Conservative vote, but on this occasion he should be listened to. He has done so much for making Brexit a reality. If he receives a massive vote in the Euro elections it is the electorate sending a message that they want Brexit. It would make sense for that massive vote to translate into an input into future negotiations. Talk of him being like “an arsonist sent to put out a fire” is poppycock.
Farage’s Brexit Party is the only party openly campaigning for a no deal Brexit. If they attract a large percentage of the electorate it will be an expression of support for that position. For the Tories it is a question of keeping your enemies closer. Farage has the space to do a great deal of damage to the Tory cause. If they bring him into the tent there is at least the possibility of limiting that damage. The Brexit Party is likely to hoover up a great deal of core Tory support. By involving them in future discussions at least that support is represented. At the moment Mrs May’s Conservatives are floundering. Drawing in help from the Brexit Party is at least a way of finding some direction.
Reaching out to the Labour Party has been largely a waste of time. Labour is essentially a Remain Party and waters down the Brexit that Mrs May is aiming for. If she thought that she could persuade them to vote for her deal she was wrong. The Brexit Party, on the other hand, chimes with the views of many in the Tory Party.
Change UK is basically the Lib Dems. They are both Remain Parties who want the same thing. They will get some of the Remain vote in the Euro elections but not a significant amount. A sizeable proportion of those who voted Remain in the referendum have now accepted that they lost and simply want us to get on with leaving the EU. Change UK and the Lib Dems desire to derail Brexit does not have wide ranging purchase with the electorate.
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