Nigel Farage to speak at Willenhall rally ahead of European elections
Nigel Farage claimed that Remain voters will back his Brexit Party in the European elections because they are furious at the Government's failure to "honour the will of the people".
The Brexit Party leader took part in a radio phone-in in advance of a major rally in Willenhall this week, where he is set to call on voters to back his party in the May 23 poll.
And Mr Farage insists it will not just be Leave supporters who will show their anger at Parliament's gridlock over Brexit when the ballot boxes open.
Speaking on LBC, he said some people who voted Remain in the 2016 EU referendum would support his party next week in a bid to protect “democracy”.
He also predicted more Conservative financial backers will switch sides and donate to his party after it emerged that businessman Jeremy Hosking, a long time Tory donor, had given £200,000.
The Brexit Party is widely predicted to win big at the European elections, with the latest poll putting it on 34 per cent – more than Labour (21 per cent) and the Tories (11 per cent) combined.
Mr Farage told LBC: “It is very interesting because both Labour and Conservative MPs and vast sections of mainstream media don’t think there is any problem at all with the can being kicked down the road repeatedly on Brexit.
“One of the things I learnt sitting in that chair doing a show for LBC is you get outside the central London boroughs and there is huge anger in this country and it is not just coming from Leave voters – a lot of it is coming from Remain voters as well.”
Asked what he believed Remain supporters were angry about, he replied: “Democracy. If we don’t honour the will of the people what kind of country are we? What does the rest of the world think of us?”
He insisted Remainers will back The Brexit Party, saying: “Oh, they will. There will be Remain voters who vote for The Brexit Party.
“Indeed, we have even got a candidate standing for us in eastern England who voted Remain in the referendum.
“For us to be a credible nation, the bedrock upon which it is founded is our democratic system because that is the bond of trust that needs to exist between people and those that govern them.
“That at the moment is fundamentally breaking down.”
The Brexit Party rally is due to take place at The Willows, Willenhall, from 7pm on Thursday.
Alongside Mr Farage, West Midlands candidates including Rupert Lowe and Martin Daubney will be in attendance.
