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Jacob Rees-Mogg's sister Annunziata has been revealed as the Brexit Party's first candidate for the Euro elections.

She will stand to be elected as an MEP in the polls on May 23 if Britain takes part in them due to not having left the EU bloc.

A post from the Brexit Party on Twitter said: "The EU elections will be held on 23rd May. Our first candidate to be announced is @zatzi Annunziata Rees-Mogg!

"Brexit is being betrayed, it's time to send a clear message to the establishment."

The 40-year-old freelance journalist previously ran as a Conservative parliamentary candidate.

She attended a Brexit Party event in Coventry with its leader Nigel Farage on Friday.

Mr Farage announced her as one of 70 Brexit Party candidates who would be fighting the elections in England, Scotland and Wales.

Addressing the crowd, she accused the crowd of the Prime Minister of refusing "to listen to the people of her country".

Ms Rees-Mogg said she stuck with the Tories "through thick and thin" but Brexit had been to contentious for her to continue to do so.

She said: "But the point at which our Prime Minister will not listen, not only to her membership, but will not listen to the people of her country... I can't sit by and let her do it. It is our fight and we must fight to win.

"We've got to rescue our democracy, we have got to show that the people of this country have a say in how we are run.

"That the politicians are not our masters - they are to do our bidding."

She commented on her opinion that Britain should go on to WTO rules and said most countries operate on these.

Ms Rees-Mogg continued: "We should be looking further afield, we should not have fear, we should have belief.

"We know we are a great nation and for that we should be proud. We should stand up we should fight for our futures, for our children's futures, but most importantly we should trust the people."

At the event in Coventry, Mr Farage explained what he sees as the difference between his new party and UKIP.

Answering questions on how the Brexit Party was different from Ukip, he said: "I think that the Brexit Party and Ukip are very different.

"When I was leader of Ukip we didn't allow anyone to even be a member if they were a part of the EDL or the BNP and I'm afraid I did my best to tell them not to go down that route.

"(In Ukip) there seems to be an obsession with Islam."

Mr Farage added that he did not want to be a part of a party that promoted "violence, criminal records and thuggery" who engaged in "loutish" behaviour.

Discussing his party's chances, he said: "We can win these European elections and we can again start to put the fear of God into our members of parliament in Westminster. They deserve nothing less than that after the way they've treated us over this betrayal."

Mr Farage's comments were rejected by Labour MP Stephen Kinnock who tweeted: "You preach fear, hatred and division, Nigel. But the vast majority of the British people are crying out for a politics of hope, respect and community.

"We will face you down, and we will defeat you. Bring it."