{UAH} New Brexit party backed by Farage wins official recognition

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Your mate Nigel Farage has formed a new party- called THE BREXIT PARTY- after his old party UKIP got taken over by right wing nutters and neo-fascists. But will it make any difference?

Bobby

The Guardian

2 hrs ·

He's back.

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New Brexit party backed by Farage wins official recognition – Politics live

Group has been recognised by the Electoral Commission and plans to field candidates across UK

LIVE Updated 54m ago

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage told the Telegraph he stood 'ready for battle'. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

Haroon Siddique

Fri 8 Feb 2019 17.05 GMTFirst published on Fri 8 Feb 2019 09.21 GMT

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Afternoon summary

Thanks for following the blog today and for all your comments. Have a good weekend. Here's a summary of the afternoon's main events:

The no-confidence motion against Luciana Berger by her constituency party has been withdraw. Labour party deputy leader had branded the motion against Berger, who has been critical of Jeremy Corbyn over antisemitism and been linked with leaving the party, "a disgrace".
A new Brexit party, supported by Nigel Farage, has been officially recognised by the Electoral Commission, the Telegraph reports. It says "the Brexit party" claims it is set to win over thousands of Tory defectors.
A Tory MP, Chris Chope, has condemned for blocking a bill which would have have allowed courts to issue protection orders if they thought a child was at risk of FGM. Among those who criticised Chope, who last year blocked a bill on upskirting, were the home secretary, Sajid Javid, and health secretary, Matt Hancock. Labour called for him to have the Tory whip withdrawn.
The Irish premier, Leo Varadkar, has said he will not be negotiating Brexit when he meets Theresa May for dinner in Dublin this evening. He said they could "share perspectives" but negotiations had to be conducted between the UK and EU.
The former shadow chancellor, Chris Leslie, has hinted he could Labour over dissatisfaction with its Brexit policy. Amid reports that "at least" six Labour MPs are preparing to resign the whip and form a centre group, Leslie said his "patience is wearing pretty thin".

2h ago16:59

Luciana Berger no confidence motion 'withdrawn'

The controversial vote of no confidence against Luciana Berger, who has criticised Jeremy Corbyn over antisemitism and been linked with leaving the party has been dropped my colleague Jessica Elgot says.

2h ago16:53

In an interview with Talk Radio last month, Catherine Blaiklock, the leader of the new Brexit party said it wanted a no-deal Brexitalthough she rejected that expression, describing it as just being "a normal country, just an independent nation".

She said she'd been called racist "even though I've got a Jamaican husband, and two half, half, you know mixed race children".

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