HENRY DEEDES: Farage's relentless pursuit of a No Deal Brexit, which led him to put up 600 candidates at the election in order to frustrate the Conservatives, has in recent weeks been barmy.

He announced the party will fight for seats held by Labour and other Remainer MPs. But while helping secure the Tory base vote, it may hamper them where they finished a close second in 2017.

PROFESSOR PHILIP COWLEY: Putting technicalities to one side for a moment, perhaps the most significant effect of yesterday's announcement is on what electoral strategists call 'optics'.

A furious Brexit Party MEP has revealed she will not vote at the general election after Nigel Farage decided to stand aside in 317 seats on December 12 to give the Tories a clear run.

Angela Rayner taunted Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage today as she said Labour had nothing to fear from the Tories or the Brexit Party in its northern heartlands seats like hers.

The Brexit Party leader was being lined up for a 30-minute Question Time special in the run-up to the December 12 vote because of his plans to field 600 candidates nationwide.

The Hard Left outfit, which is believed to have less than 1,000 members nationwide, urged them to back the opposition leader, saying a Labour government would 'end austerity and privatisation'.

Nigel Farage, who paid a visit to boxing club in Ilford, London - admitted he had suffered 'very heavy blows' in recent days. While, Jo Swinson made efforts to help the Lib Dems punch above their weight.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Many observers see a proud man who refuses to climb down, especially only days after agreeing not to fight the 317 seats the Tories won in the 2017 General Election.

Under the proposal, the Tories would have put up 'paper candidates' in dozens of Labour strongholds and done little campaigning in an attempt to give the Brexit Party a free run.

From Stockton to Workington, these are the 29 Labour Leave-voting constituencies with the smallest majorities which Boris Johnson will look to win this Christmas.

Sir John Curtice, a professor at Strathclyde University, said the election is a 'binary choice' between Boris Johnson and his Brexit deal or a second referendum under Jeremy Corbyn.

It came after police revealed they were assessing two allegations of electoral fraud after claims the Tories offered peerages in return for standing down.

Nigel Farage today defended his decision to stand Brexit Party candidates in Labour-held seats as he insisted it will not cost Boris Johnson a majority on December 12.

The Brexit Party leader railed against the constant dredging up of the country's imperial history and suggested politicians should instead focus on forging a better future.

Nigel Farage said there was 'only one winner' from tonight's televised showdown between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn - and it was ITV host Julie Etchingham.

Mr Farage stood down candidates contesting Tory-held constituencies but continues to take the battle to Jeremy Corbyn ahead of the December 12 general election.

The campaigners said the entire fee, which will increase by £50,000 each day, would be donated to the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants as a further swipe at the right-wing leader.

Today's Mail on Sunday Deltapoll gives Boris Johnson a 13-point lead, with the Tories on 43 per cent and Labour on 30 per cent, at the end of a week in which Jeremy Corbyn set out manifesto policies.

The Conservative Party's election manifesto flatly ruled out delaying the formal end of the implementation phase.

The Brexit Party leader was on the campaign trail in County Durham as he claimed that Boris Johnson's pledges on immigration levels were a reheating of Ukip's policy platform.

The Conservatives filed an official complaint to watchdog Ofcom after the decision to substitute the Prime Minister and fellow absentee Nigel Farage with dripping frozen water installations.

Loyal supporters of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn are more likely to agree with statements deemed to be anti-Semitic than supporters of other political leaders, a poll has revealed.

Nigel Farage has warned UK politicians not to demonise Donald Trump as he claimed it would be a 'great mistake' to alienate the US President who is set to visit Britain for a Nato summit.

The Brexit Party leader made the claim as he sat down for a prime-time television grilling with the BBC's Andrew Neil on a day of drama that sawe four of his MEPs dramatically quit.

HENRY DEEDES: Nigel Farage loves a pint of Greene King India Pale Ale but his Brexit Party has reached the point of last orders. All signs suggest humiliation for Farage's party.

Annunziata Rees-Mogg told The Mail on Sunday of her shock at the level of vitriol directed by his supporters since she went public with her decision on Thursday.

The Brexit Party is assisting Boris Johnson by giving the Tories a clear run in 317 UK seats which they won in 2017 - but Mr Farage said he could not bring himself to vote for the Tories on Thursday.

Nigel Farage (pictured today), who intends to spoil his own ballot paper, savaged Boris Johnson's 'oven-ready' Brexit deal and claimed it will give the UK 'many long years of indigestion' and 'agony'.

Brexit Party voters could 'throw away Brexit for ever' unless they vote Tories, a YouGov poll shows. Nigel Farage's party is expected to help Labour keep 26 seats and will split vote in key marginals.

The pro-Brexit vote was split in seats such as Doncaster North, where former Labour leader Ed Miliband limped home with 38.7 per cent of the vote. Pictured: Nigel Farage on TV last night.

The Brexit Party leader and former House of Commons speaker enjoyed a witty exchange on Sky News this evening as results flooded in from across the country.

DANIEL HANNAN: What a difference an election victory makes. Suddenly, everyone is rushing to be Boris's friend. Those Conservatives who spent years fulminating against him are now praising him.

JAN MOIR: Andrews Neil and Marr and John Bercow jostled for supremacy during the rolling coverage of the UK election, with fangs poised for the killer soundbite.

Andrew Bridgen, the Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, 55, wrote to the Prime Minister saying that the country needs to 'go through a healing process'.

Nigel Farage and the Brexit Party handed victory to Jeremy Corbyn in 20 key seats at the general election last week, according to internal Tory polling.

The Brexit Party leader braced his Eurosceptic supporters for an agreement which will likely impinge on their ideal Brexit wish-list.

Nigel Farage, leader of the Brexit Party, is planning an event in Parliament Square on January 31 to mark the UK's exit from the EU. Up to 10,000 Leave supporters are expected at the event.

Brexiteer hopes of Nigel Farage becoming the UK's new US ambassador have been dashed after it emerged the government is only accepting applications from existing civil servants.

The Brexit Party leader will get a six-figure 'transition' payment because he has spent more than 20 years as an MP in the heart of Brussels.

Nigel Farage today said he will be mothballing the Brexit Party so that he can bring it back if Boris Johnson makes a 'mess' of the UK's departure from the European Union.

Frankly, I can think of few more pleasing things to do than batter Alastair Campbell to a pulp for the delectation of the British public. But my sons weren't so keen

Dehenna Davison, the 26-year-old MP for Bishop Auckland, infuriated Downing Street by saying that Nigel Farage deserved a peerage for his anti-EU campaigning.

Nigel Farage today said he will miss being the European Union's 'pantomime villain' as he predicted the UK's departure from the bloc will herald its demise.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told a Channel 4 documentary he believed Dominic Cummings was behind persuading Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to form a Leave alliance.

Parliament vice-president Mairead McGuinness switched off Mr Farage's microphone as he was finishing his address as she told the party's MEPs to 'put your flags away, you are leaving'.

With just two days to go before the UK is finally due to leave the EU, MEPs in Brussels are due to ratify Boris Johnson's Withdrawal Agreement in a highly symbolic moment.

The eurosceptic chose the surroundings of the L'Escargot French restaurant in London to unveil the work by Dan Llywelyn Hall less than 36 hours before the UK is set to leave the EU.

The Brexit Party leader claimed the 'Establishment' had done everything it possibly could to make the event in Parliament Square a 'damp squib'.

Everything Nigel Farage has been working towards is about to come to fruition when Britain leaves the European Union at 11pm tonight. What has he got planned next?