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muriel_volestrangler

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9. Nigel Farage won't be allowed anywhere near government, say Tories
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 11:07 AM
Sep 2019
The Brexit party’s leader, Nigel Farage, has been heavily criticised by Boris Johnson’s team as “not fit and proper” in an outright rejection of his offer of a pre-election, no-deal Brexit pact.

Farage offered to help the embattled prime minister secure a majority at a snap general election, on the proviso he dropped plans to renegotiate the Brexit withdrawal agreement and the backstop arrangement on the Northern Irish border.
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A spokesperson said: “The PM will not be doing a deal with Nigel Farage.”

A senior Tory source added: “Neither Nigel Farage nor Arron Banks are fit and proper persons and they should never be allowed anywhere near government.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/11/nigel-farage-wont-be-allowed-anywhere-near-government-say-tories

Pot and kettle, of course. But I wouldn't rule out "the PM will not be doing a deal with Nigel Farage" being circumvented with the Tory party chairman doing the deal, and Farage not getting 'in government', but doing a confidence and supply agreement. The Tories are, after all, boasting about their ability to do what they want by creative interpretation of language.

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