LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's election bid got a boost on Monday when Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage announced that his insurgent movement would not fight for the 317 seats won by Mr Johnson's Conservative Party in the 2017 election.
Such an intramural tussle among those who see themselves as"Leavers" could open the door to gains by"Remainers" and the opposition Labour Party, which takes a kind of fuzzy stance on Brexit, or the Liberal Democrats, who are firmly opposed to leaving the European Union. Mr Farage said his efforts now will be to beat Labour and stop those supporting a second referendum on Brexit, a position endorsed by Labour, the Liberal Democrats and other minority parties.First, Tom Watson, the moderate deputy leader of the Labour Party, abruptly resigned.
Elections in Britain usually are not won or lost by the brief campaign season. But there are exceptions. In the 2017 general election, the Conservatives lost a 20-point lead to Mr Corbyn and his youthful,"Momentum" movement. On the Brexit side of the ledger, this may not be the formal alliance that Mr Farage wanted, but it is a pact of sorts.
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