Veteran Southport journalist Martin Hovden writes: BREXIT PARTY leader Nigel Farage (pictured) has told his candidates in seats won by the Tories in 2017 not to stand, it was revealed today.
Southport was won by Conservative Damien Moore in the last general election, with a 2,900 majority. The decision will be warmly welcomed by Mr Moore who faced a possible split in the Pro-Leave vote.
It follows last week’s announcement by UKIP that they are not going to stand in the resort and urged residents to vote Tory.
These are the 2017 results in Southport:
CONSERVATIVE 18,541 (38.66%)
LABOUR 15,627 (32.59%)
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT 12,661 (26.40%)
UKIP 1,127 (2.35%)
The main parties’ positions on Europe (if they win a majority) are:
TORIES: We’ll LEAVE the EU as soon as possible
LABOUR: We’ll NEGOTIATE a better deal and then hold a SECOND REFERENDUM
LIB DEMS: We’ll SCRAP BREXIT and REMAIN in Europe
BREXIT PARTY: LEAVE on WTO terms (now not standing in Southport)
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