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THE Tories will only gain three or four seats despite 317 Brexit candidates stepping down in the upcoming general election, according to pollster and analyst Matt Singh. He claimed Nigel Farage’s decision to not contest in Tory-held constituencies will affect a “relatively small number of seats” overall.
The Brexit Party leader announced on Monday he would not contest in seats currently held by the Tories to give them an advantage, after the Prime Minister committed to leaving the EU by 2020 and pursuing a Canada-style trade deal. Mr Farage said: “The Brexit party will not contest the 317 seats the Conservatives won at the last election.
“We will concentrate our total effort into all the seats that are held by the Labour party, who have completely broken their manifesto pledge in 2017 to respect the result of the referendum, and we will also take on the rest of the Remainer parties.
“We will stand up and fight them all.”
He said he feared if all 600 Brexit Party candidates stood in the December 12 election, it would result in a hung Parliament.
However Matt Singh, founder of Number Cruncher Politics, said the Brexit Party’s retreat will only save the Conservatives three or four seats.
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