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The father of Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Mr Farage in an LBC interview that he not only now believes in Brexit but that he does not even consider a no deal exit to be a “disaster” for the UK - conceding instead that it might be for the EU. Nigel Farage said: “This has been a failure for the last three years, Stanley. I said the week after the referendum we should be going out all across Europe putting pressure on those governments to say ‘look, come to a grown up deal’.

“And I hope that work is going on. “But if it really came to it and Brussels was not prepared to give enough for the House of Commons to pass a withdrawal agreement, how damaging do you feel that a no deal Brexit would be?” Mr Johnson replied: “Well, we will have a no deal Brexit - that is the default position. “And I’m honestly not one of those people who say ‘wow, this is going to be a total disaster’. JUST IN: Brexit block: Remainers are plotting guerrilla warfare to fight Boris

Stanley Johnson told Nigel Farage he was a leaver

“It might be a disaster from the EU’s point of view. “They export to us much more than we export to them. “It might be a disaster - will be a disaster - possibly from Ireland’s point of view. “But I go back to the May 1940 situation.

Nigel Farage welcomed the news with open arms

Mr Johnson told Nigel Farage that he didn't think no deal would be a disaster for the UK

Stanley Johnson was previously a vocal remain supporter

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