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The Brexit Party leader “will absolutely hoover up” votes in a General Election if the referendum result is not respected, radio presenter Andrew Castle has said. LBC host Andrew Castle said: “If you don't somehow deal this time and once and for all, if you are a true blue Conservative, with the issue of Brexit, with the issue of leaving, then Nigel Farage will become de facto leader of this country. This is the way it is shaping up at the moment.”

The only thing strong enough to stop them betraying Brexit again is a mass movement for democracy Nigel Farage

Mr Castle added: “He will absolutely hoover up, in a General Election, Brexit voters. Who can counter Nigel Farage may be the central question.” Writing in the Sunday Express, Mr Farage said: “Theresa May, like David Cameron (remember him?) before her, lost power because she could not deliver the Brexit backed by 17.4 million Leave voters. “Whoever comes next is likely to suffer the same fate unless they give us what we were promised. “It was easy to feel sorry for the emotional Mrs May as she announced her resignation. “But I’m sorry, she had to go.”

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The Brexit Party leader warned just changing Tory leaders is “not enough” and pointed out how even Brexiteer Boris Johnson backed Mrs May’s controversial Brexit deal. Mr Farage added: “Why should we believe that a parliament packed with two-faced hypocrites and political cardsharps will suddenly turn into a paragon of honesty when the clocks strike midnight on October 31? “The only thing strong enough to stop them betraying Brexit again is a mass movement for democracy. “That is why I decided to return and launch the Brexit Party. “The Brexit Party needs to be strong for Brexit to happen.