Nigel Farage yesterday delivered his plans for Breexitt to 10 Downing Street, on what was May's last day as Tory leader.
Yesterday also saw the Labour Party win the Peterborough by-election, but only just, amassing just 683 votes more than second-placed Brexit Party...
I'm next! Farage delivers his Brexit plan to No10 moments after Theresa May leaves - as he vows to sabotage the Tories by fighting a general election if they delay leaving the EU
Theresa May looked relieved as she was driven away from Downing Street on her last day as Tory leader
Minutes later Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage arrived to deliver a copy of his plan for a clean break from EU
Conservatives slumped to third in the Peterborough by-election overnight, with Labour just scraping home
Labour got 30.9% of the vote, Brexit Party got 28.9% and Tories just 21.4% - showing how Brexiteer vote split
By James Tapsfield, Political Editor, For Mailonline
7 June 2019
Nigel Farage posed with his Brexit plan in Downing Street today - minutes after Theresa May left on her last day as Tory leader.
Mrs May was driven away from No10 looking relieved to be out of the pressure cooker, as the Tories digested a dismal third place showing in the Peterborough by-election overnight.
Almost immediately afterwards, Mr Farage turned up at the famous black door to deliver a copy of his blueprint for a 'clean break' from the EU.
Although his fledgling Brexit Party narrowly failed to win in Peterborough, they took a huge chunk out of the Conservatives' support - and Mr Farage has vowed to do the same at a general election unless the government fulfils the verdict from the 2016 referendum.
Nigel Farage said today he was proud of how his Brexit Party came so close to winning Peterborough - and said unless the Tories vote for them at a general election Jeremy Corbyn will be PM
Mrs May was driven away from No10 looking relieved to be out of the pressure cooker, as the Tories digested a dismal third place showing in the Peterborough by-election overnight
Nigel Farage delivered this letter to Downing Street today setting out his demands on Brexit, including being drafted on to the UK negotiating team
In a result that will cause panic at Tory HQ, Lisa Forbes sneaked home despite recording the lowest winning vote share in modern history - as Nigel Farage's Brexit Party and the Conservatives split their support.
It underlines how Labour could score a general election victory when the two rival parties are squabbling over the same base. In Peterborough, Labour 30.9% of the vote and The Brexit Party 21.4%.
A bitter blame game immediately erupted between Mr Farage and Tory leadership favourite Mr Johnson, who claimed that Brexit Party votes risked 'delivering Corbyn to No 10'.
Mr Johnson also reiterated his vow to take the UK out of the EU by October 31 at all costs.
But Mr Farage shot back that Mr Johnson could not be trusted as he had voted for Theresa May's Brexit deal. 'What does he actually believe in?' he jibed.
A cheerful Mr Farage paid a visit to Downing Street to hand in a letter to Mrs May listing his Brexit demands.
The missive pointed out that the Brexit Party won recent European elections by a 'very substantial' margin - and would have secured a 240-seat Commons majority if it had been a Westminster election.
He highlighted that the party had 'three simple messages' - restoring trust in democracy, Brexit on World Trade Organisation (WTO) terms, and getting their MEPs on to the negotiating team.
The letter said: 'The electorate have asked for us to come into the negotiating team and we are ready to do so immediately.
'This is especially the case given the lack of activity and forces, due to the (Tory) leadership contest.'
Mr Farage added: 'I trust you will agree that the country should not suffer the further uncertainty of having to beg for another delay 31 October.'
In a round of interviews following the by-election, Mr Farage said he would 'talk more broadly' about national issues in the lead-up to a general election, when he said the Brexit Party would issue a 'contract with Britain', rather than a manifesto.
'The word manifesto sounds like a swear word to me,' he said.
'Basically it's a document of lies that Labour and Tories produce at every election without any intention of delivering on it.'
Peterborough by-election result: Lisa Forbes won 10,484 votes ahead of the Brexit Party's Mike Greene's 9,801, taking the seat for Labour by 683 votes
A bitter blame game immediately erupted between Mr Farage and Tory leadership favourite Boris Johnson, who claimed that Brexit Party votes risked 'delivering Corbyn to No 10'
Brexit Party candidate Mike Greene gives a thumbs down as newly elected Labour MP Lisa Forbes gives her speech slamming Nigel Farage's party
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...delivers-Brexit-plan-No10-moments-leaves.html
Yesterday also saw the Labour Party win the Peterborough by-election, but only just, amassing just 683 votes more than second-placed Brexit Party...
I'm next! Farage delivers his Brexit plan to No10 moments after Theresa May leaves - as he vows to sabotage the Tories by fighting a general election if they delay leaving the EU
Theresa May looked relieved as she was driven away from Downing Street on her last day as Tory leader
Minutes later Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage arrived to deliver a copy of his plan for a clean break from EU
Conservatives slumped to third in the Peterborough by-election overnight, with Labour just scraping home
Labour got 30.9% of the vote, Brexit Party got 28.9% and Tories just 21.4% - showing how Brexiteer vote split
By James Tapsfield, Political Editor, For Mailonline
7 June 2019
Nigel Farage posed with his Brexit plan in Downing Street today - minutes after Theresa May left on her last day as Tory leader.
Mrs May was driven away from No10 looking relieved to be out of the pressure cooker, as the Tories digested a dismal third place showing in the Peterborough by-election overnight.
Almost immediately afterwards, Mr Farage turned up at the famous black door to deliver a copy of his blueprint for a 'clean break' from the EU.
Although his fledgling Brexit Party narrowly failed to win in Peterborough, they took a huge chunk out of the Conservatives' support - and Mr Farage has vowed to do the same at a general election unless the government fulfils the verdict from the 2016 referendum.
In a result that will cause panic at Tory HQ, Lisa Forbes sneaked home despite recording the lowest winning vote share in modern history - as Nigel Farage's Brexit Party and the Conservatives split their support.
It underlines how Labour could score a general election victory when the two rival parties are squabbling over the same base. In Peterborough, Labour 30.9% of the vote and The Brexit Party 21.4%.
A bitter blame game immediately erupted between Mr Farage and Tory leadership favourite Mr Johnson, who claimed that Brexit Party votes risked 'delivering Corbyn to No 10'.
Mr Johnson also reiterated his vow to take the UK out of the EU by October 31 at all costs.
But Mr Farage shot back that Mr Johnson could not be trusted as he had voted for Theresa May's Brexit deal. 'What does he actually believe in?' he jibed.
A cheerful Mr Farage paid a visit to Downing Street to hand in a letter to Mrs May listing his Brexit demands.
The missive pointed out that the Brexit Party won recent European elections by a 'very substantial' margin - and would have secured a 240-seat Commons majority if it had been a Westminster election.
He highlighted that the party had 'three simple messages' - restoring trust in democracy, Brexit on World Trade Organisation (WTO) terms, and getting their MEPs on to the negotiating team.
The letter said: 'The electorate have asked for us to come into the negotiating team and we are ready to do so immediately.
'This is especially the case given the lack of activity and forces, due to the (Tory) leadership contest.'
Mr Farage added: 'I trust you will agree that the country should not suffer the further uncertainty of having to beg for another delay 31 October.'
In a round of interviews following the by-election, Mr Farage said he would 'talk more broadly' about national issues in the lead-up to a general election, when he said the Brexit Party would issue a 'contract with Britain', rather than a manifesto.
'The word manifesto sounds like a swear word to me,' he said.
'Basically it's a document of lies that Labour and Tories produce at every election without any intention of delivering on it.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...delivers-Brexit-plan-No10-moments-leaves.html