Nigel Farage launches his Brexit party with promise of 'democratic revolution' in British politics
The former UKIP leader unveiled"The Brexit Party" at a press conference in Leave-voting Coventry on Friday morning.
The Brexit Party, which launched on Friday morning at a factory in Coventry, central England, has been set up in protest at the United Kingdom's failure to leave the European Union on time. Farage pledged to"start putting the fear of God back into our members of parliament," adding that"they deserve nothing less after their betrayal [of the Brexit result]."Farage, a Member of European Parliament who has run unsuccessfully for UK parliament seven times, said the party plans to contest every region in the election on May 23 and has received"just under 1,000" applications from people who wish to stand as candidates for the party.
Speaking to The Sun before the launch, Farage said:"My ambition us to cause a revolution in British politics, and to end the two-party structure as we know it.
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