Nigel Farage says Brexit Party has more than 100,000 members

Mr Farage has been campaigning for his Brexit Party in the run up to the European elections.
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Megan White16 May 2019
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The Brexit Party has passed 100,000 registered supporters in five weeks, according to leader Nigel Farage.

Members paid £25 each to sign up, raising £2.5 million for the former UKIP leader’s new political group.

It comes one week before the European elections, at which the party is expected to draw votes away from the Conservatives and Labour.

Former Tory MP Ann Widdecombe and Jacob Rees-Mogg's sister Annunziata are among candidates signed up to stand in next week’s elections.

In a video posted on his Twitter, Mr Farage thanked members and said it was “the most amazing grassroots support that’s ever been seen in this period of time in British politics.”

He added: “Now we’ve got about a week to go until polling day.

“If we keep going at this rate, we’ll be bigger than the Conservative Party.”

Other candidates include Leave Means Leave co-founder Richard Tice and former Revolutionary Communist Party member Claire Fox.

Last week, Mr Farage said the party will also run candidates in the next general election, using the European elections as a “springboard” to take the party into power in Westminster.

He had previously vowed to steal Tory, Labour and Ukip votes in the elections, and has introduced a slew of candidates which he claims will "revolutionise and modernise politics".

Voters will go to the polls for the European elections on May 23.

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