Won’t Contest Seats Conservatives Won In Last UK Election: Nigel Farage – NDTV

Eurosceptic leader Nigel Farage announced Monday that his Brexit Party would not challenge seats held by the governing Conservatives at next month’s election, in a potential boost for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Farage, a leading force behind the 2016 referendum vote to leave the European Union, was under pressure from within his own party to drop plans to field candidates across Britain to avoid splitting the pro-Brexit vote.

“The Brexit Party will not contest the 317 seats the…