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The Prime Minister won a vote in the House of Commons tonight to go to the country on December 12 to break the Brexit deadlock. Mr Johnson will campaign in the general election to get his deal, which he finalised with the EU earlier this month, over the line.

Despite branding the Prime Minister’s agreement “not Brexit” and calling for a clean break from the EU, Mr Farage has suggested his party, which poses a major threat to the Tories, will not stand candidates in every seat. The Brexit Party leader told Mail Online: “We will discuss that over the next couple of days.” On the possibility of striking an election pact with the Tories, Mr Farage said: “I just don’t know but I think if he [Mr Johnson] is going to fight the general election on the basis of that treaty then I think as a Leaver it is very difficult.

Nigel Farage has hinted the Brexit Party might not stand candidates in every seat

The Prime Minister won a vote in the House of Commons tonight for a general election on December 12

“We will see what happens. I am not ruling anything in, not ruling anything out. “But it would appear he wants to fight the election on the basis of that treaty which I just don’t think is Brexit. But that may change.” It comes after Mr Farage hit out at Mr Johnson’s Brexit deal in a post on Twitter. READ MORE: Brexit humiliation: Ronald Reagan would have been ‘appalled’

Mr Farage has suggested his party, which poses a major threat to the Tories, will not stand candidates in every seat

He said: “If the PM wants to fight a general election on defending a new EU treaty, that is very disappointing for all Leavers. “His new agreement is just not Brexit.” Mr Johnson is on course for a pre-Christmas general election after MPs voted by 438 to 20 at third reading to approve the one-page Bill enabling the election to be held on December 12. DON'T MISS

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MPs rejected a Labour amendment for the proposed polling day to be moved three days earlier to December 9. The vote effectively clears the way for Parliament to be dissolved on November 6, paving the way for an election on December 12. Addressing Tory MPs afterwards, Mr Johnson said that he was prepared for a "tough" election fight in the weeks ahead.

Mr Johnson said that he was prepared for a "tough" election fight in the weeks ahead

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