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Nigel Farage mocked Boris Johnson for losing his 'bravado' over Brexit today after the Prime Minister said a No Deal departure would be a 'failure of statecraft'.

The Brexit Party leader hammered the PM after his comments during a visit to Dublin to see Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Mr Farage had earlier held out an olive brand to Mr Johnson, saying 'Let's work together, let's get Brexit done.'

But after the PM's words, he lashed out, saying: 'The Boris bravado has disappeared in Dublin, saying No Deal would be a ''failure of statecraft''.

'He is now going all out for Mrs May's 'deal', with Northern Ireland to be hived off from the rest of the UK. A clean break Brexit is the only way forward.'

It raises questions over whether an electoral pact between the two parties could succeed.

Speaking in Dublin today Mr Johnson (pictured left, with Premier Leo Varadkar) insisted he was still determined to get a Brexit deal, admitting that No Deal would amount to a 'failure of statecraft'

His comments infuriated Mr Farage, who had earlier been holding out the carrot of an electoral pact with the Tories

Mr Farage had said the Brexit Party would not stand against any Tory MP who backed a No Deal Brexit as he played up the chance of an election pact with Boris Johnson.

The eurosceptic said that his upstart party would not oppose members of the hardline Brexiteer European Research Group led by Steve Baker.

But he said his party, which made serious inroads into the Tories in the European election in May, would also not oppose any sitting MP who 'pledges to never vote for the new EU treaty'.

Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain, Mr Farage said he was 'prepared to put country before party' and would 'work with Boris Johnson if he goes for a clean break' from the EU.

In a message to the embattled Prime Minister he said: 'Let's work together, let's get Brexit done.'

However speaking in Dublin today Mr Johnson insisted he was still determined to get a Brexit deal.

Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain today, Mr Farage (right) said he was 'prepared to put country before party' and would 'work with Boris Johnson if he goes for a clean break' from the EU.

Speaking in Dublin today Mr Johnson (pictured left, with Premier Leo Varadkar) insisted he was still determined to get a Brexit deal, admitting that No Deal would amount to a 'failure of statecraft'

Speaking alongside Irish Premier Leo Varadkar, he conceded that No Deal would be a bad outcome for both sides, saying it would amount to a 'failure of statecraft' and politicians would be 'responsible'.

In a message to the embattled Prime Minister on GMB today Mr Farage said: 'Let’s work together, let’s get Brexit done'

But he again insisted that the UK would be leaving the EU by October 31 come what may, saying failure to do so would cause 'permanent damage' to democracy.

He told a joint press conference he was 'undaunted' by mounting opposition to his stance in Parliament and there had to be a 'way out' of the backstop for the UK.

He also claimed there was the 'ideal' amount of time to get an agreement - seemingly setting a new deadline of October 18, the day before Remainer rebel legislation is due to for an extension, to get a package in place.

It came after Chancellor Sajid Javid failed to rule out a Tory pact with Mr Farage's party at the next election.

The Chancellor said the Conservative Party did not need electoral alliances to win.

But on BBC1's Andrew Marr Show he refused five chances to explicitly rule out a pact.

Mr Javid claimed the Government had a plan to deliver Brexit without Mr Farage's help – but claimed it would be madness to talk about it on television.

'There are actually new ideas,' he insisted. 'Anyone who understands how negotiation works knows you would not discuss those in public and put those in the public domain.

'I am absolutely clear that we are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew, to get a new deal and the Prime Minister is personally putting in all the significant effort you would expect.

Sajid Javid, pictured on the Andrew Marr Show today, said the Tories do not 'need' an alliance but he did not rule one out

Mr Farage, pictured at a rally in Doncaster on September 4, said a deal between the Tories and Brexit Party would make them 'unstoppable'

'I do know there is a proposal and it would be madness to start talking about that in public.' Mr Farage has asked the Tories to stand aside in Labour seats in the North in return for an agreement that the Brexit Party will not stand against pro-Leave Tories.

Many Conservatives favour such an alliance, because they fear Labour could sneak through the middle in many seats if both Tory and Brexit Party candidates stand.

Mr Javid said: 'We absolutely now need an election. It is being forced on us because Parliament is trying to kneecap these negotiations.'

Nigel Farage's 'non-aggression pact' would see the Tories make way for the Brexit Party in Leave-voting Labour seats which are represented by Remain-backing MPs, pictured

He was asked five times to rule out a pact with the Brexit Party, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson is believed to have privately ruled out. Mr Javid said: 'We don't need an electoral alliance with anyone. We can stand on our own two feet, put our message across.

'The picture our opponents are painting of us, of course they would paint a false picture. We are a proud centre-Right, moderate, one-nation party.

'There is nothing extremist about wanting to meet the will of the British people on a simple question which was 'Do you want to leave the EU or not?'. We are not in an election yet. I am clear we do not need an alliance with anyone.'

Mr Farage has publicly offered a non-aggression pact between the two parties, citing the Conservatives' substantial losses in the 2019 European Parliament elections.

Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, he said the offer was '100 per cent sincere', adding: 'Johnson should cast his mind back to the European elections in May, in which his party came fifth, and ask himself: does he want the Tories to find themselves in a similarly disastrous position when the results of the next general election come in, or does he want to sign a non-aggression pact with me and return to Downing Street?'

Mr Javid's refusal to preclude a pact was criticised by the opposition. Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett said: 'The Tories are refusing to rule out a grubby deal with Nigel Farage's Brexit Party because they know he supports all their cuts to public services and the sell-off of our NHS to Donald Trump.'

Expelled Tory MP Sam Gyimah told Radio 5 Live: 'I know there is a serious level of disquiet about what the Government is doing, not just in terms of No Deal but an explicit attempt to purge the Conservative Party of moderate MPs because they see that as the way to steal the Brexit Party votes from underneath Nigel Farage.

'If the Conservative Party can become more like the Brexit Party, then they hope to be able to get his votes without a pact.'

A survey for The Sunday Times found that seven in 10 people who vote Conservative and eight in 10 Brexit Party backers are in favour of the two leaders joining forces.

Mr Farage offered Mr Johnson a 'non-aggression pact' if the PM changes tack and pursues a No Deal 'clean Brexit' as the only way forward.

That pact would see the Brexit Party withdraw its candidates in areas where incumbent Tory MPs face a challenge from Labour or the Lib Dems in order to not split the Leave vote.

In return, Mr Farage would want the Tories to give his party a free run at Labour seats in Brexit-voting areas in the Midlands, south Wales and parts of the north.

How Tory-Brexit Party deal COULD deliver an election majority

Commentary by Professor John Curtice

Nigel Farage appears to be in a generous mood. He is offering Boris Johnson an electoral pact that would ensure the Prime Minister secured a pro-Brexit majority in an early general election.

To achieve this, the Brexit Party would stand down in many a Conservative-held seat, especially where the local MP was a hard-line Brexiteer.

In return, the Conservatives would give the Brexit Party a free run in Leave-inclined Labour-held seats, that Mr Farage's party would hope to be able to win.

The offer does come with strings – Mr Johnson would have to commit to leaving the EU without a deal – but that might seem preferable to the Tory leader rather than the risk that Brexit might not be delivered at all.The logic of Mr Farage's offer is impeccable.

A plethora of polls released over the weekend on average put the Conservatives seven points ahead of Labour. However, the party looks set to lose valuable seats to both a revived Liberal Democrat party as well as the SNP in Scotland.

As a result, even if the Conservatives perform better in Leave-voting areas, that seven-point national lead could still leave Mr Johnson a half dozen seats or so agonisingly short of a majority.

Meanwhile, support for Nigel Farage's Brexit Party still stands at a hefty 14 per cent. If, though, all these voters switched instead to the Tories, Mr Johnson would command a majority of well over 100 seats as Mr Farage claimed in a newspaper interview yesterday.

Coming, ready or not: Brexit Party's Nigel Farage offered the Tories an election pact yesterday

Joining the two pro-Brexit forces via a pact would, therefore, seem to make perfect sense. Mr Johnson would have to pay the price in that some of those seats would be held by the Brexit Party rather than Conservatives, but that might seem a sacrifice worth making to avoid the risk of no Brexit. Not all Conservative voters would be happy with such a pact, however.

Some opposed to leaving without a deal might opt instead for one of the opposition parties or decide not to vote at all. Some Brexit Party voters too, would not necessarily follow Mr Farage's lead. They might switch back to Ukip or stay at home.

Indeed, a recent poll by Deltapoll suggested that if the Brexit Party stood its candidates down in return for the Conservatives committing themselves to a no deal Brexit, support for the Conservatives would increase by six points, much less than the Brexit Party's tally. Meanwhile, support for both Labour and the Liberal Democrats would also be two points higher. Consequently, the net impact of the manoeuvre nationally might be no more than a two-point swing to the Conservatives.

Crucially, though, a Brexit Party/Tory pact would have most impact in those places that voted most heavily for Leave in 2016 – and for Ukip in 2015, when it secured 13 per cent of the vote under Mr Farage's.

Even if the effect of a pact nationally were to be as limited as Deltapoll suggests, there are 22 Labour-held seats that, given the parties' current standing, could well evade Mr Johnson's grasp, but could be delivered by a Conservative/Brexit Party alliance.

As Mr Farage has suggested, all but one of these is in the North, the Midlands or Wales. Most have hitherto been considered relatively safe Labour territory – only four elected a Conservative MP in either 2010 or 2015. These would presumably be the kind of seat where the Brexit Party leader would want his party to represent the pro-Brexit Alliance.

Winning these 22 seats would be enough to give the Prime Minister a safe overall majority, in tandem with the Brexit Party, of nearly 40. While that might be well short of the 100 seat majority that Mr Farage is promising, it might still be regarded by those who want Brexit delivered as a bargain well worth making.