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Protesters are planning a demonstration against Nigel Farage as he comes to Coventry tomorrow to launch the Brexit Party.

The pressure group Stand Up To Racism is encouraging its members in Coventry to stage a protest at the launch event of the new political party led by ex-UKIP leader Mr Farage.

The former parliamentary candidate and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) left UKIP in December 2018 after 25 years, and helped form the Brexit Party.

Founded in January 2019, party chiefs have revealed that they plan to contest every region in the upcoming European elections on May 23.

Those elections are looking more and more likely as the failure to leave the EU goes on.

If a withdrawal deal is not agreed by Parliament by May 22, the election for members of the European Parliament will take place.

But some people in the city have been left angry at the news of Mr Farage's visit, including MP Colleen Fletcher, who says he is "not welcome".

Stand Up To Racism has echoed her message with an event on Facebook hosted by the group urging people to "send him a clear message that he isn't welcome in our great city."

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There are currently 282 people 'interested' in attending the event and 63 who say they will be attending.

The launch event is set to take place tomorrow (April 12) at 11am at BG Penny & Co on the Three Spires Industrial Estate.

Who are the Brexit Party?

The party's Wikipedia page states: "The Brexit Party is a hard-Eurosceptic, pro-Brexit, political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 2019.

"As of April 2019, the party's representation consists of nine members of the European Parliament, all of whom were originally elected as UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidates.

"The party is led by one of these MEPs, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage , who announced he would stand as a candidate for the party in any future European Parliament elections, in the event the UK had not left the European Union."

How did Coventry vote in the EU referendum?

Coventry North West

The majority of voters in Coventry North West wanted to leave the European Union back in 2016 - with 58.7 per cent of residents voting for Brexit.

By the end of 2018, the anti-Brexit campaign group claimed that had dropped to 51%.

Coventry North East

Voters in Coventry North East originally voted for Brexit.

In 2016, 59.2 per cent of residents said they wanted to leave the EU .

Coventry South

Voters in Coventry South narrowly voted to stay in the EU in 2016.

Just over half (51.1 per cent) chose to stay in the EU.

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