Nigel Farage reaction as Conservatives set for majority - BBC News

Leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage's reaction to the exit poll The Brexit Party is not expected to win any seats tonight but party leader Nigel Farage tells the BBC's Andrew Neil If we get Brexit we've done a good job However he adds that if Boris Johnson's Brexit deal passes unamended I can't bring myself to support it He thinks it'll result in a closer relationship with the EU going forward than he'd like My purpose was to try to get right kind of Brexit - if we get half a loaf out of it - that is what we achieved he says Asked if he will now step down from politics he says Let's see where we are in six months - I may have to throw my hat back into the ring On his own vote he says he couldn't bring himself to support the Conservatives so he spoiled his ballot paper How I voted under this system is pretty irrelevant he adds attacking first-past-the-post Please subscribe HERE a http 3A 2F 2Fbit ly 2F1rbfUog a The Conservatives are set to win an overall majority of 86 in the general election according to an exit poll for the BBC ITV and Sky News The survey taken at UK polling stations suggests the Tories will get 368 MPs - 50 more than at the 2017 election - when all the results have been counted Labour would get 191 the Lib Dems 13 the Brexit Party none and the SNP 55 The Green Party will still have one MP and Plaid Cymru will lose one seat for a total of three the survey suggests The first general election results are due before midnight with the final total expected to be known by Friday lunchtime

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