London (CNN) Nigel Farage, one of the most prominent campaigners for Britain to leave the European Union, has backed a new pro-Brexit party approved by the UK's Electoral Commission. The former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) announced in an op-ed for The Telegraph that if Britain's exit from the EU was delayed, he would stand as candidate for the party in the European Parliament elections. Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has thrown his support behind the new pro-Brexit party. The party's current leader, Catherine Blaiklock -- a former member of UKIP -- registered the group on Tuesday. Speaking to The Telegraph, she said that "a number of hundred" Conservative members had been in touch to say they wanted to defect to the new party.

Source: CNN February 08, 2019 18:22 UTC