Nigel Farage said 'of course' the Brexit Party and Tories must do a deal to stop them splitting the Eurosceptic vote in a snap election - which could come as early as October 15.

Members of the European Research Group are reported to have held 'very tentative' discussions with the Brexit Party leader over the possibility of a pact saying it 'would be mad' not to pursue one.

The Brexit Party chief's offer comes amid growing pressure from Tory MPs for the Prime Minister to draw up a pact with the Eurosceptic hardliners if there is an Election before Britain leaves the EU.

The overwhelming majority of Tory voters and Brexit Party supporters want Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage to agree an electoral pact before the next general election, according to a new poll.

Brexit party leader, Nigel Farage has offered Boris Johnson his support via a newspaper adverts in return for the assurance of a break away from the European Union without a deal.

Sajid Javid has failed to rule out a Tory pact with Nigel Farage's Brexit Party at the next election. The Chancellor said the Conservative Party did not need electoral alliances to win.

The eurosceptic said that his upstart party would not oppose members of the hardline European Research Group and any sitting MP who 'pledges to never vote for the new EU treaty'.

The Brexit Party leader hammered the PM after his comments during a visit to Dublin to see Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, having earlier said: 'Let's work together, let's get Brexit done.'

Hardline Brexiteer Nigel Farage wants to go after Labour seats where UKIP has previously had some success, such as in the Midlands and North East.

Boris Johnson has ruled out striking an electoral pact with Nigel Farage as a senior Conservative source said the Brexit Party leader should 'never be allowed near government'.

Nigel Farage claimed he wanted to 'fight a general election' alongside the Tories. The Brexit Party leader has been in the north east of England today on a conference tour.

Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to reverse his decision to rule out an electoral pact with Nigel Farage.

Labour Brexiteers are much more likely to switch to Nigel Farage than the Conservatives, a study has found.Boris Johnson is hoping his robust stance on Brexit will help him snatch seats from Labour.

In stormy exchanges at the European Parliament, Nigel Farage condemned the behaviour of Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel and warned that the UK must go for a 'clean break' from the bloc.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage condemned the behaviour of Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel and warned that the UK must go for a 'clean break' from the bloc.

HENRY DEEDES: Momentary bamboozlement over in the European Parliament today. Nigel Farage was up on his high hooves and had just uttered an unfamiliar word.

Boris Johnson has ruled out cutting an electoral pact with Nigel Farage, despite warnings the two parties could split the Brexit vote.

Nigel Farage has put the boot into Boris Johnson as the Brexit Party leader suggested the under-fire premier was now effectively a 'caretaker prime minister'.

Nigel Farage (pictured) had been receiving calls on his LBC radio show. Caller Mark spoke about Britain and Europe before poking fun at the Brexit Party leader.

Nigel Farage told the Brexit Party rally in Wales: 'Once Brexit is done, we will take the knife to the pen pushers in Whitehall.' Alliance Party MEP Naomi Long called police to investigate.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage conceded it would have been 'better' if he had used the word 'axe' because that is a more commonly-used metaphor.

Nigel Farage renewed his appeal for the PM to join forces - but insisted it could only happen if the Tories committed to a 'clean break' from the EU.

Nigel Farage plans to run as MP in Thurrock after failed attempts to enter Parliament - and says he will choose his seat 'late in the day'.Tory strategists fear he is main barrier to a Johnson win in Election.

Nigel Farage took to the stage at the event in Westminster this evening and savaged the deal the PM managed to agree with Brussels on Thursday, saying 'this is not what we voted for.'

The Brexit Party leader, who favours a No Deal exit, is advocating a 'clean-break' from the European Union and claims the current deal will not respect the referendum result.

Nigel Farage was approached by a 'middle man' to sound him out over accepting a peerage from the Government, it was claimed last night.

Nigel Farage has accused the PM of trying to 'bounce' the country into backing his agreement to save the Tories from disaster.

Nigel Farage today predicted the UK could remain trapped in the EU until long after January next year as the bloc weighs up how long to delay Brexit.

In an email to supporters yesterday, the leader said the party would have 'a big challenge on our hands to clear out the Remainer Parliament and win a majority for Brexit'.

HENRY DEEDES: Yup. That's right. No lesser grand fromaggio than the President of the United States had picked up the blower to chew the cud about the state of Yew-kay politics.

HENRY DEEDES: Fresh from his radio show love-in with Donald Trump, Nigel Farage said he had an 'offer' for Boris Johnson and his Conservatives.

LEO MCKINSTRY: Oscar Wilde famously wrote that 'each man kills the thing he loves'. Yesterday, we witnessed Nigel Farage start doing just that.

Arron Banks, who campaigned with Mr Farage as part of Leave.EU during the 2016 referendum, said that the Brexit Party leader was risking the entire project by splitting the Tory vote.

There are rumours senior Tories tried to blow up the Brexit Party's Election launch with a defection stunt. Friends of Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice suggest they may be true, says HARRY COLE.

Nigel Farage said he had agonised over the decision but wanted to focus on supporting candidates up and down the country.

As he prepares to unveil 600 would-be Brexit Party MPs, Nigel Farage predicted the poll will result in another hung parliament.

At a glitzy election launch in Westminster, Nigel Farage vowed to take on the 'two tribes' of the Conservatives and Labour who had forgotten what they promisd in the 2016 referendum.

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'.

Steve Baker, chairman of the European Research Group (ERG), said Nigel Farage could end up creating a 'weak and indecisive' hung Parliament if he fields 600 Brexit Party candidates.

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.

More than two thirds (68 per cent) of those who backed EU withdrawal three years ago trust the Prime Minister to deliver, in contrast to less than half (49 per cent) who backed the Brexit Party leader.

Mr Farage (pictured) is expected be one of the 'leaders or senior figures' from the major UK parties in a seven-way debate and is also being lined up for a 30-minute Question Time special.

The Brexit Party leader (pictured) was warned Britain could end up with a 'shabby coalition of socialists, Lib Dems, Scottish and Welsh nationalists' if he contests seats the Tories want.

Boris Johnson and the Tories are at 'greater risk than Labour' of losing votes to Nigel Farage and the Brexit Party on December 12, according to polling guru Sir John Curtice.

DOMINIC LAWSON: In the same spirit (or lack of it), Mr Farage at the weekend abandoned a scheduled return appearance on the Sophy Ridge On Sunday show.

The Leave.EU boss who, along with Nigel Farage was one of the 'Bad Boys of Brexit', told residents of three constituencies in Stoke-on-Trent to vote Tory and warned he'd release his app.

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.

Annunziata Rees-Mogg, 40, remains loyal to Nigel Farage despite fears he could strip votes out of her brother Jacob's Conservative party at the general election on December 12.

He announced the party will fight for seats held by Labour and other Remainer MPs. But while helping secure the Tory base vote, it may hamper them where they finished a close second in 2017.

Angela Rayner taunted Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage today as she said Labour had nothing to fear from the Tories or the Brexit Party in its northern heartlands seats like hers.