Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage insisted 'No Deal is the best deal' and told the Boris Johnson it would be a 'historic mistake' to rehash Mrs May's Withdrawal Agreement - minus the backstop.

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 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.

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'.

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.

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.

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.

Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg warned: 'If you vote for the Brexit Party at the next election it is a vote effectively for Jeremy Corbyn.'

Mr Braine, who only replaced hardliner Gerard Batten in the summer, entered a public row with the party's ruling national executive committee after he called for the Newport event to be cancelled.

STEPHEN GLOVER: A few months ago, the Brexit Party was the talk of Westminster. It had won the most seats in May's European elections. But its fortunes have declined since Boris became PM.

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'.

An audit by the Daily Mail found Boris Johnson could miss out in almost 90 battleground constituencies if the pro-Brexit vote is split between the Tories and the Brexit Party.

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.

Conservative Party chairman James Cleverly has immediately rejected a fresh appeal from Nigel Farage to form a general election Leave Alliance.

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.

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'.

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.'

Leonardo DiCaprio was out looking to add to his art collection on Sunday. He went for a stroll along a street art show in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood while dressed casually.

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.

Olivia Wilde stepped out in a glamorous white dress at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's 4th Annual Patron Of The Artists Awards.

Leonardo DiCaprio reunited with his longtime collaborator, director Martin Scorsese, and his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood co-star Al Pacino at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.

The 22-year-old IMG represented model took to her Instagram Story on Friday morning to share three self-taken videos to react to the 'mean' posts.

Leonardo DiCaprio put his creative love to the forefront on Wednesday as he attended the Art Basel exhibition in Miami Beach.

The group all appeared in high spirits as they departed the venue with Leo trying to keep a low profile by wearing his hood up as he walked towards his car.

There might be a beautiful model at his side, but Leonardo DiCaprio had emails to answer.

Victoria Silvstedt turned heads as she hit the beach in a yellow ruffle bikini in St Barts on Wednesday.

Before presenting Robert De Niro with the SAG Life Achievement Award at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards, Leonardo DiCaprio confirmed he's starring alongside him in a new movie.

The Oscar winning actor took the drivers seat in his flash Audi SUV as they left Kevin Hart's comedy gig at The Peppermint in West Hollywood.

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.

Leonardo DiCaprio reunited with his Django Unchained co-star Jamie Foxx to present him with a prestigious award on Sunday night.