Mr Farage’s party will announce their first 150 Parliamentary candidates this week as the party gears up for a potential general election. Following brilliant performances in the recent local and European parliamentary elections, the Brexit Party leader has been in defiant mood despite Boris Johnson’s apparent “bounce” since taking over as Prime Minister. Writing in his column in The Daily Telegraph, Mr Farage boasted that his party will take areas once dominated by Jeremy Corbyn’s party.

Announcing that his party will target Labour heartlands in the north of England, the Midlands and in Wales, Mr Farage insisted that Labour’s weak position on Brexit has hindered their potential support,

Mr Farage said: “While Jeremy Corbyn continues to equivocate in interviews, these voters know that the Labour Party is now a Remain campaign organisation.

“Having betrayed them, Labour certainly does not represent them any longer.

“Crucially, most of the seats in these areas are ones the Conservative Party could never win.

“The Brexit Party is now the main challenger, as shown in the European elections.”

Praising his party’s surge in support, Mr Farage did also reference the increase in Tory support since Boris Johnson took over.

According to statistics from Pollsters, Mr Johnson has seen a 5.5 percent increase in support since taking over – the second highest in modern times.

In order to gather that support, Mr Johnson has constantly insisted that he will take the UK out of the EU by October 31 with or without a deal.

Speaking on Tuesday, Mr Johnson has said that the EU must compromise and remove the Irish backstop if it wants to avoid a no deal scenario.

Although Mr Johnson did admit that he was not aiming to deliver a no deal Brexit, he did add that avoiding it was also down to “our friends and partners across the Channel”.

Mr Johnson added: “They know that three times the House of Commons has thrown out that backstop, there’s no way that we can get it through, we have to have that backstop out of the deal, we cannot go on with the withdrawal agreement as it currently is.

“If they understand that then I think we are going to be at the races.

“If they can’t compromise, if they really can’t do it, then clearly we have to get ready for a no-deal exit.”

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