The Brexit Party is ready for the general election. As the European election made clear, we have hundreds of high quality candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds who are united in their desire to secure a proper break from Brussels and who share a lack of trust in the political class.

We will use the substantial funds which our donors and supporters have helped us raise to fight every seat. If we are the only party willing to stand up for a proper Brexit, so be it.

I am about to embark on a campaign tour of Britain. I will visit the Labour areas in the north where Jeremy Corbyn’s party is most vulnerable. I will also be in Wales, Scotland, the Midlands and the south of England. Nowhere is off limits, including Workington man.

I have been open about wanting an electoral pact with the Conservative Party but time is running out for this prospect. Only two weeks remain in which we can build a Leave alliance that would in some cases incorporate Labour candidates as well. Such an agreement is the only route by which Britain will ever truly take back control.

No political party owns the Brexit vote. In the biggest democratic exercise our nation has ever undertaken, citizens from all parties and none came together to make their wish known. This proved that Britain’s preference for independence goes way beyond party politics.