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A Plymouth prospective parliamentary candidate for the Brexit Party has quit because 'people will not vote for him'.

Peter Agambar was the PPC for Plymouth Moor View and announced this morning that he had withdrawn from representing the anti-EU party.

Mr Agambar would have stood against Conservative MP Johnny Mercer for the Brexit Party in the next general election.

He recently spoke to Plymouth Live about the abuse he received on a day-to-day basis, explaining that even children were encouraged to go up to him and use inappropriate language to mock his party.

The 57-year-old father of three, said that upon speaking to supporters of his party in the area he canvases, he was told that people in the area did not want to "split the vote" and would therefore be voting for the Conservative Party.

(Image: Penny Cross)

He also said he felt that he did not receive the same amount of support that the candidate for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Ann Widdecombe, has receieved.

He told Plymouth Live: "The previous events are to do with contact from a large number of Brexit supporters in Moor View who have openly said they will not split the vote by voting for the Brexit Party.

"Many former UKIP people have now decided they would sign up to a deal rather than allow Labour a chance of winning.

"However, they are active in helping with Devonport and Sutton."

(Image: Penny Cross)

Mr Agambar has said he will now return to baking and working part time at the University of Exeter, where he currently holds a contract.

He was in the Royal Navy for 10 years and left in 1990 and then completed a degree in BSc Hons Software Engineering at the University of Plymouth.

"I don't consider myself as a politician, I see myself as a former naval medic and a software engineer," he previously said.

It is not yet known if the Brexit Party will put forward another candidate for the Moor View constituency.

A Brexit Party spokesperson said: "Peter regrets he is standing down, but a health condition has made it impossible to continue.

"At no point has he suggested that he has any issue with the candidacy of Ann Widdecombe, indeed he has made it clear that he has and will continue to help out in Plymouth Sutton and Devenport [sic]"."

After publishing this article, Mr Agambar shared his resignation email.

It reads: "Events over the past few days have given me a lot to think about. I fully support the Brexit Party and what it is trying to do. However, as such a new party the cracks in the systems are starting to show locally.

"I also feel that the Brexit Party is aligning itself too closely to the Conservatives, with the constant offer of pacts, it is starting to appear more about a grab for power than changing politics for good.

"I am not going to dwell on the negatives as I think many of these can be overcome or adequately explained. Unfortunately, all these issues is having a negative effect on my health and wellbeing.

"12 months ago I had a heart attack, and although I am fully recovered, the amount of extra work I am taking on due to the lack of natural support in Moor View, which has been caused by many factors, will take its toll if not managed.

"However, it is very much with regret that I am unable to represent the party in Plymouth Moor View as it Prospective Parliamentary Candidiate.

"I will continue to help the team where I am able and where I am requested, but would ask for privacy over the next couple of weeks to allow the teams to get used to the news."

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