Farage to Johnson: join forces or Brexit party will contest every seat
Party leader tells PM to drop EU deal and form ‘leave alliance’ at launch of election campaign
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Nigel Farage has launched his general election campaign by saying his Brexit party will contest every seat in the country unless Boris Johnson agrees to drop his deal with the EU and sign up to a “leave alliance”.
The former Ukip leader also praised Donald Trump for his intervention in which he suggested the prime minister and the Brexit party should form an alliance.