MEP from near Skegness quits Brexit party

Rebel MEP Annunziata Rees-Mogg from near Skegness has  quit the Brexit Party ahead of the General Election
Annunziata Rees-Mogg (second right) campaigning in Skegness.Annunziata Rees-Mogg (second right) campaigning in Skegness.
Annunziata Rees-Mogg (second right) campaigning in Skegness.

The latest blow for Nigel Fararge's party sees Ms Rees-Mogg, former Conservative candidate and the sister of House of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg, Lance Forman, who represents London, and Lucy Harris, who represents Yorkshire and Humber all hand in their resignations.

This follows the sacking by the Brexit Party of Yorkshire and Humber MEP John Longworth, the former director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, for "repeatedly undermining" Mr Farage's election strategy.

Ms Rees-Mogg, who told the Skegness Standard she aimed to see Brexit delivered by October 31 when she was elected, told the i Paper: "The Conservatives are the only option for Brexit supporters and democrats alike" and said only a Conservative government could deliver Brexit.

"We need a strong Leave supporting government to deliver the Brexit 17.4 million voted for. The Conservatives are the only option for Brexit supporters and democrats alike," she said.

She was joined by Lance Forman, who represents London, and Lucy Harris, who represents Yorkshire and Humber.

The leader said he was disappointed the four MEPs did not "seem to understand that we both saved the Conservative party from large scale losses to the Liberal Democrats in the south and south west of England but we are also hammering the Labour Leave vote in its traditional heartlands making it much easier for the Conservatives to win many of those seats.".