Nigel Farage slams Boris for flip-flopping on Brexit as he scoffs an ice-cream on the European Election campaign trail in Essex
NIGEL Farage has blasted Boris Johnson for flip-flopping over Brexit while dramatically dismissing claims he would back BoJo’s bid for Number 10. The Brexit Party leader has been on the campaign trail ahead of the European elections and was spotted today scoffing an ice cream in Canvey Island, Essex. But it was in Edinburgh yesterday […]
NIGEL Farage has blasted Boris Johnson for flip-flopping over Brexit while dramatically dismissing claims he would back BoJo’s bid for Number 10.
The Brexit Party leader has been on the campaign trail ahead of the European elections and was spotted today scoffing an ice cream in Canvey Island, Essex.
But it was in Edinburgh yesterday where he addressed suggestions by Nicola Sturgeon that that he would support Mr Johnson as PM- an alliance which the First Minister called a “nightmare” for Scotland.
However, Farage laughed at the suggestion and questioned whether he could trust Boris – who is the frontrunner to replace the outgoing Theresa May.
Mr Farage said: “Would I trust Boris Johnson?
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“Boris wrote in his column repeatedly that Mrs May’s new treaty was vassalage – that we’d become a slave state – and I rather agreed with that analysis, even if his language was more colourful than perhaps what I would use.
“Then, on the third attempt, he voted for it. So I’m not quite sure where Boris stands on all of this.”
Mr Johnson resigned as foreign secretary last July, days after a plan for leaving the European Union was agreed by Conservative ministers.
He voted against the PM’s defeated exit deal twice, before announcing he would back it at the third attempt in March, which was again rejected by MPs in the House of Commons.
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The former mayor of London changed his position shortly after Mrs May said she would resign if she could get her deal through and argued that the decision was to stop Parliament from “stealing Brexit”.
On Thursday, Boris announced he would stand for the Tory leadership when the PM steps down and he is the clear favourite, according to a YouGov poll of party members for The Times.
Speaking ahead of a Brexit Party rally in Edinburgh, Mr Farage said: “The idea that the fortunes of the Conservative Party in England and Wales can be improved just by getting a new leader might be wide of the mark.
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“The sheer level of loss of faith and trust in that party is very high and I think if ever there was a time when we were going to see some sort of realignment of politics going on in the UK, I think now is that moment.”
Hundreds of supporters gathered at the Corn Exchange in the Scottish capital – with dozens of protesters campaigning outside – as the former Ukip leader urged pro-independence voters to “lend your votes to the Brexit Party”.
Meanwhile, it emerged today that Tory ministers are threatening to bring down the government to prevent Johnson from becoming the next PM.
A sensational Stop Boris campaign was launched last night within 24 hours of the tousle-haired former Foriegn Secretary announcing he would stand for the party leadership, reports the Mail.
While Boris is said to enjoy broad support within the party membership, some Conservative MPs say they would force a general election rather than let him into Number 10 on a No Deal Brexit platform.
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