Property developer Jeffrey Hobby, who donated £10,000 to Mr Farage's party ahead of the European Parliament elections in May, said he believed Mr Johnson was doing a 'fantastic job'.

It surged four per cent in a new YouGov survey of voting intentions. Boris Johnson's Tories were down one per cent at 38 per cent, while Labour had lost two per cent in falling to just 25 per cent.

Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice today announced he will contest the 2019 general election as he revealed he will stand in the pro-Leave seat of Hartlepool.

Senior allies of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson have held secret last-minute talks to strike a deal that would stop the Brexit Party splitting the Tory vote and letting Jeremy Corbyn into No 10.

Nigel Farage will today formally launch the Brexit Party's general election campaign after another of his candidates decided to step down to avoid splitting the Leave vote.

Dr Graham Cushway, the candidate for Brighton Kemptown, has faced calls to quit after he was revealed as the bassist of a band who dress up as 'undead Luftwaffe pilots'.

Brexit Party candidates have been deluged with thousands of emails from Daily Mail readers urging them to stand down.

A furious Brexit Party MEP has revealed she will not vote at the general election after Nigel Farage decided to stand aside in 317 seats on December 12 to give the Tories a clear run.

The Hard Left outfit, which is believed to have less than 1,000 members nationwide, urged them to back the opposition leader, saying a Labour government would 'end austerity and privatisation'.

Sir John Curtice, a professor at Strathclyde University, said the election is a 'binary choice' between Boris Johnson and his Brexit deal or a second referendum under Jeremy Corbyn.

It came after police revealed they were assessing two allegations of electoral fraud after claims the Tories offered peerages in return for standing down.

Mr Farage stood down candidates contesting Tory-held constituencies but continues to take the battle to Jeremy Corbyn ahead of the December 12 general election.

The campaigners said the entire fee, which will increase by £50,000 each day, would be donated to the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants as a further swipe at the right-wing leader.

HENRY DEEDES: Nigel Farage loves a pint of Greene King India Pale Ale but his Brexit Party has reached the point of last orders. All signs suggest humiliation for Farage's party.

The pro-Brexit vote was split in seats such as Doncaster North, where former Labour leader Ed Miliband limped home with 38.7 per cent of the vote. Pictured: Nigel Farage on TV last night.

Nigel Farage, leader of the Brexit Party, is planning an event in Parliament Square on January 31 to mark the UK's exit from the EU. Up to 10,000 Leave supporters are expected at the event.

Nigel Farage today said he will be mothballing the Brexit Party so that he can bring it back if Boris Johnson makes a 'mess' of the UK's departure from the European Union.

The Brexit Party leader claimed the 'Establishment' had done everything it possibly could to make the event in Parliament Square a 'damp squib'.

Farage took to Twitter to voice his triumph after Britain left the European Union last night. In a speech to jubilant crowds last night he said: 'The people have beaten the establishment.'

Celebrity photographer Randall Slavin was a struggling actor in the 1990s in LA when he took many of the iconic images, now part of a new book called We All Want Something Beautiful.

The model, 22, cut an elegant figure in a black sequin gown and satin evening gloves as she headed to Vanity Fair's Oscars bash on Sunday without her boyfriend, Leonardo DiCaprio, 45.

The high-octane event was watched on by several celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio and Tyson's brother Tommy Fury and his girlfriend Molly-Mae Hague.

Diego Costa has hinted at Antoine Griezmann's imminent departure but said the French forward is completely focused on first winning the Europa League with Atletico Madrid.

Diego Costa has decided not to train with his Atletico Madrid team-mates, despite the club confirming he is not suffering from an injury. He received an eight-game ban for a red card last week.

The Australian student's business partner, Michelle Joyce, said she would 'be surprised' if he didn't return to the country despite the negative experience.

North Korea has opened a high-end shopping mall in the capital Pyongyang which appeared to be selling western goods made by the likes of Nike, Adidas, Rolex, Tissot, Omega and Fila.

Singapore-based drug smuggler Wee Quay Tan, 48, who also has a large tattoo of a dragon inked over his shoulders and chest, found himself in the middle of the biggest drug bust in Australian history.

Sporting a vibrant purple off-the-shoulder top, Katy, 35, caught the eye while leaving the celebration later that evening.

Orlando Bloom was without his American fiancée Katy Perry, 35, on Sunday as he attended the Flaunt Magazine and Dunhill party at Bourdon House in London.

Katy Perry embodied holiday spirit when she stopped by Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles on Wednesday. Perry was a winter wonderland as she hosted Delivering Smiles party.

They married in a surprise, £5million wedding on Friday in the stunning surroundings of St Moritz, Switzerland.

It's believed two people at Universal's headquarters in Woolloomooloo were exposed to the virus and staff were instructed to 'immediately quarantine' themselves

Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted partying into the early morning hours with Kendall Jenner and Hadid sisters in Miami on Wednesday.

The pajama party was adorned in Christmas decor. Jenner mingled with RuPaul's Drag Race season 10 winner Aquaria, as well as her close friend Yung Taco, who served as DJ for the event.

The 28-year-old athlete flew to the West Coast for the party, as he played Tuesday evening in Cleveland in a win over the Atlanta Hawks.

She has been spending time in Miami, after jetting over to the sun-kissed city ahead of last weekend's festivities surrounding the Super Bowl. 

Kendall Jenner wowed in a vibrant green two-piece as she and Bella Hadid led the glamour at the star-studded Sony BRITs after-party on Tuesday night.

Harry Styles was spotted chatting to his ex Kendall Jenner as they mingled at the Sony after-party following the BRIT Awards 2020.

The model, 24, commanded attention in the form-fitting maxi skirt and long sleeved top, which boasted a plunging crisscross neckline

The 24-year-old model was seen on a coffee run in Los Angeles on Friday morning. She made the bold choice of wearing all-white  including jumpsuit and classic Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers.

From one reality show juggernaut to another. Kim Kardashian and her younger half-sister Kendall Jenner got together for a Bachelor finale viewing party this Tuesday with Hailey Bieber.

While there have been two confirmed cases of coronavirus in Indonesia, a mother aged 64 and her 31-year-old daughter, they are in the nation's capital of Jakarta, more than 1,000km away.

Once inside the party, the 33-year-old Oscar nominee reunited with her former Begin Again castmate James Corden

The 28-year-old actress, who plays Mystique in the superhero franchise, looked incredible in her second look of the night - with the nude gown perfectly hanging off her sensational frame

The actress, 29, and the director of New York's Gladstone art gallery, 33, drove around Manhattan looking for a new place to hang their hats.

She's no stranger to the front row of a fashion show.

Jennifer Lawrence rocked out to Mariah Carey's, All I Want for Christmas Is You, at a birthday party on Saturday night.

Like most of the UK's residents, the Touch singers have been spending time in their respective homes, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the lockdown measures.

Sen. Tom Cotton, an emerging Republican leader, sees a GOP that's big tent enough to include members of the LGBT community, like reality star Caitlyn Jenner.

Thousands of Republican Nation Convention delegates have been warned to wash their hands before eating after party staff were hit by norovirus which causes vomiting and diarrhea.