30 Facts About Brexit Party

1.

Brexit Party's priority was for Britain to withdraw from the EU, and to move to World Trade Organisation trading rules if a free trade agreement were not agreed upon.

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Brexit Party styled itself as being focused on the restoration of Britain's democratic sovereignty.

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3.

Farage offered an electoral pact to the Conservative Party for the 2019 general election, and although this was turned down, the Brexit Party unilaterally decided not to stand candidates in constituencies won by Conservative candidates in the previous election.

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4.

Company called The Brexit Party Limited was incorporated with Companies House on 23 November 2018.

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5.

On 22 November 2019, the Brexit Party set out its proposals for the 2019 UK general election.

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6.

The Renew Brexit Party logged a complaint with the Electoral Commission on the grounds that the rebrand would mislead voters on the grounds that it was easy to confuse 'Reform' and 'Renew'.

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7.

Brexit Party lost her and the party's only seat in Scotland in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

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8.

Brexit Party quit as the party's leader in Scotland in February 2022.

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9.

On 23 May 2019,29 Brexit Party MEPs were newly elected to the European Parliament, including Richard Tice and former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe, while Jonathan Bullock, Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill kept their seats.

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10.

The Brexit Party MEPs were Non-Inscrits, not members of a group in the Parliament.

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11.

The Brexit Party Wales was to campaign in 2021 Senedd election to scrap the current system of devolution, and replace it with a directly-elected first minister accountable to Welsh MPs.

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12.

On 19 October 2020, the final remaining Brexit Party Senedd group member, Mark Reckless left the party to join the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party.

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13.

Brexit Party continued to sit with the party until the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, where she lost her regional seat to a candidate from the Scottish Conservatives.

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14.

Brexit Party quit as the party's leader in Scotland in February 2022.

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15.

Brexit Party said that the party aimed to attract support "across the board", including from former UKIP voters and from Conservative and Labour voters who supported Brexit.

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16.

Brexit Party has described the Brexit Party as doing the same kind of thing and "running a company, not a political party, hence our model of registered supporters" and building a base using an online platform.

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17.

Brexit Party's constitution was published by the Electoral Commission as a result of a freedom of information request in May 2019.

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18.

James Glancy, one of the party's MEPs, has compared the party to the Referendum Brexit Party, being a "united and diverse group of people from different political backgrounds".

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19.

On 22 November 2019, the Brexit Party set out its policy proposals for the 2019 UK general election.

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20.

Brexit Party pledged to offer a lower-tax vision at the next election, saying his party would stand on a low-tax and low-regulation platform.

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21.

Brexit Party criticised the Conservative Party's plans to decarbonise the economy, saying that the UK should instead focus on exploiting reserves of shale gas.

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22.

Brexit Party said that energy companies should be owned by the government or British pension funds to stop profits going abroad.

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23.

Brexit Party officially has three members, as the Electoral Commission requires at least two named members to be registered as a political party.

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24.

Brexit Party further said that the party would not be taking money from the key former UKIP funder Arron Banks.

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25.

On Sky News in May 2019, a Scottish National Party MEP, Alyn Smith, claimed that the Brexit Party is "a shell company that's a money laundering front".

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26.

The Brexit Party threatened legal action unless Smith retracted the claim.

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27.

Brexit Party held 14 seats going into the elections, and saw an increase of 15.

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28.

Brexit Party won 29 seats in the election, becoming the biggest single party in the 9th European Parliament.

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29.

The Brexit Party is reported to have requested that Boris Johnson publicly state he would not extend the Brexit transition period beyond the planned date of 31 December 2020 and that he wished for a Canada-style free-trade agreement with the EU.

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30.

Brexit Party first stood at local government level in two by-elections in Gloucester on 25 July 2019.

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