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The leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage, has decided to withdraw half of his candidates to facilitate the victory of Boris Johson in the December 12 elections. Farage has confirmed that his party will not attend 317 constituencies of the 600 in which he planned to participate initially and that from now on he will concentrate his efforts on the Bastions of the Labor Party in the industrial north of England.

The Brexit Party and the Conservative Party thus informally seal a 'non-aggression pact' to prevent opposition forces from adding 320 votes and forcing a new EU referendum next year. The 'premier' Boris Johnson, who had so far refused to start talks with Farage, thanked his rival's gesture "to avoid a new Parliament without a majority, which is the biggest threat against Brexit."

Nigel Farage has announced the reversal exactly one week after appearing before the press with a selection of his 600 candidates, although he himself decided to exclude himself after his seven failed attempts to reach Westminster in his own right. The leader of the Brexit Party, winner in the last European elections, has been forced to change strategy due to the pressure of his own donors and before the polls confirming his fall below 10% of the voting preferences among the British .

"I tried to form an alliance for the exit of the EU, putting the country ahead of our parties, but we did not succeed," Farage has acknowledged from his new position of weakness. "I don't accept the idea that presenting 600 candidates with our party would serve to give the Labor leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the keys to Downing Street. But I do recognize that I could contribute to a new Parliament without a majority."

Farage has said he feels "unhappy" by the Brexit agreement signed by Boris Johnson with Brussels, but admits that the recent statements of the 'premier' - promising a trade agreement without "regulatory alignment" with the EU - have made him reconsider his position and make the decision not to plant battle the 'tories' in their traditional fiefdoms.

For his part, Boris Johnson, in a declaration of impossible love, has admitted that Farage's decision can serve "to achieve the nine deputies that separate us from the majority and be able to leave the EU at the end of January with an agreement." "We can finally move forward as a country and meet the priorities of the British and their families," said the conservative leader.

The honorary president of the Labor Party, Ian Lavery, has indicated that the macha behind the Brexit Party confirms "the alliance between Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson to sell this country to Donalde Trump," recalling how it was the American president who urged the two Leaders to work together.

"We urge voters to reject this act of homage to the 'Thatcherism' of the 80s that can lead to the sale of our public health to American corporations and a new offensive against the most disadvantaged communities in our country," said Lavery .

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