Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has launched a new political party dedicated to a hard Brexit and has vowed to dramatically reshape the British political landscape.



“The fight back begins here in Coventry today,” Farage declared as he formally unveiled The Brexit Party on Friday morning.

Farage said his new party is aiming to top the polls at the European elections next month, when it will run a slate of more than 70 candidates. His vision extends beyond that, however, and includes breaking the traditional dominance of the Conservatives and Labour.

He was speaking at an industrial plant on the outskirts of Coventry, to a group of around 100 supporters and journalists. There were fleeting boos when a Channel 4 journalist asked Farage a question, and cries of “hoax” when another reporter asked about the Irish border — but for the most part the launch was slick and without incident.