At Hull Ionians RUFC on a soaking wet Thursday morning last month, chairs were swiftly removed from the back few rows of a Brexit party event. After the highs of the EU election campaign, when Nigel Farage’s party drew thousands to glitzy rallies, a swathe of empty chairs beneath a glitter ball might not be how he imagined his eighth general election campaign would pan out. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Brexit party has struggled to recover from Farage’s decision to stand down candidates in Tory seats. If the polls are even close to reality, the Brexit party’s campaign, having never risen above 12%, is flatlining on about 3%. This was the kind of Brexit Farage could support, although it was not the exact “clean Brexit” he had championed months before in the European election campaign.

Source: The Guardian December 08, 2019 18:45 UTC