Fracking is cancelled over safety
Farage’sBrexit ultimatum to PM ‘Join with us or we’ll target seats’
NIGEL Farage yesterday threatened to shatter Boris Johnson’s push for election victory unless he joined forces with his Brexit Party to force a no-deal split from Europe.
The publicity-hungry anti-EU MEP said he would form a “Leave alliance” with the Tories but only if the PM dropped his Withdrawal Agreement.
He called for up to 150 Conservative candidates to step aside in Labour seats which have never voted blue – in exchange for his Brexit Party not contesting other Tory seats.
But Mr Johnson’s allies warned the move could backfire and hand victory to Jeremy Corbyn by losing Tories seats.
DEBATE
It came as ITV announced the Labour leader and PM will go head to head in a live on-screen debate on November 19, hosted by veteran presenter Julie Etchingham. But there will be no place for Lib Dem chief Jo Swinson.
Mr Johnson came under pressure from Mr Farage to forge an alliance after their pal Donald Trump claimed the pair could become an “unstoppable force” – without explaining how.
Mr Farage told the PM: “Drop the deal because it is not Brexit.”
He claimed Mr Johnson’s tinkered Withdrawal Agreement with the EU was like a “second-hand motor with Mrs May’s appalling surrender treaty” under the bonnet. The PM insisted there would be no pact between the Tories and
Brexit Party.
But Mr Farage warned: “We will contest every single seat in
Mr Trump and Labour leader Mr Corbyn
FRACKING was last night banned in Britain in a U-turn by Boris Johnson.
The Government scrapped its support for the controversial method of extracting shale gas amid mounting public fears over safety following earthquakes. Voters could have staged a fracking revolt in key Tory seats and target areas in the forthcoming general election.
The Government said fracking was “paused until further evidence is provided that it can be carried out safely here”.