United Kingdom: Europhobic Nigel Farage seals a pact with Boris Johnson for legislative

Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson have formed an alliance. The British Prime Minister has increased his chances of winning the December 12 legislative elections in the United Kingdom with the announcement on Monday 11 November by Nigel Farage, leader of the Brexit Party, his decision not to present any candidate in the United States. 317 ridings won by the Conservatives in 2017.

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Nigel Farage, who had previously announced that he would not personally run any seat in the early poll next month, justified the decision of the "Brexit Party" by the fact that the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union was threatened.

His party, however, will be present in the rest of the country's 650 constituencies, including those that the Conservative Party of Boris Johnson hopes to delight Labor.

United against Labor

Last week, Nigel Farage had promised to present 600 candidates if the Prime Minister did not give up a Brexit negotiated with Brussels. "The Brexit Party will not compete for the 317 seats the Conservatives won in the last election," he said on Monday.

"But what we are going to do is concentrate all our efforts on all the seats held by the Labor Party, which have completely violated their promises of 2017," he added. "We will also face the rest of the remainder games."

This strategy is tantamount to a non-aggression pact with the Conservatives and default support to Boris Johnson, who avoids competition on his right in nearly every other constituency.

Nigel Farage, "king maker"

However, it is far from assuring the Prime Minister that he will have a majority in the next Parliament and could turn Nigel Farage into a "kingmaker" in the event of a successful party and a parliament without a majority.

Boris Johnson welcomed Monday the decision of the "Brexit Party"; Labor side Jeremy Corbyn, Labor's leader, said the announcement was tantamount to the wish of US President Donald Trump, who recently said he would like a Farage-Johnson alliance.

On the foreign exchange market, the pound sterling gained up to 1% against the US dollar after the announcement of Nigel Farage and evolved to the highest in six months against the euro.

With Reuters