Nigel Farage says his Brexit party won’t contest Tory seats – only 5 responses you need

Oonagh Keating. Updated November 11th, 2019

Having previously said his Brexit Party would contest every seat at the general election, Nigel Farage has announced the mother of all U-turns by today saying it won’t stand in any Tory-held seats.

Probably Farage didn’t want to be the only one in his party not trying to get elected.

Brexit Party won’t contest 317 seats the Tories won at the last election but will run everywhere else

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) November 11, 2019

And these are the only responses – well, let’s face it, they’ll probably be more – but these 5 will do for now.

Nigel Farage has completely disowned his own previous position, without explanation or justification.
Again.
Say what you like about the man, nobody could call him inconsistent!

— James O’Brien (@mrjamesob) 11 November 2019

If you strip out the disingenuous ‘Boris wants SuperCanada Plus’ horseshit, Farage’s position is consistent. The Tory party is Ukip. It is the Brexit party. They are the same thing.

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) November 11, 2019

Vote Conservative – get Lord Farage #BrexitParty pic.twitter.com/DPHBBUTEQI

— Otto English (@Otto_English) November 11, 2019

Thatcherite city slicker Farage, 10 years a Tory member, pulling candidates in Con seats to help Johnson and target only Lab, Libs, etc shows he, his party and Brexit are a hardline Right-wing plot to create a deregulated playground for the filthy rich at the expense of workers

— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) November 11, 2019

I’ve been writing my speech for the day after the election. Here’s what I’ve got so far:

I’d like to thank Lord Farage for his contribution, but most of all I’d like to thank Labour and the Lib Dems for making this resounding majority possible by not getting their shit together.

— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) November 11, 2019

BREAKING:

Furious at being misled and losing out on their money, prospective Brexit Party MPs prepare to boil Nigel Farage in a giant cup pic.twitter.com/lZef461fC1

— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) November 11, 2019