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Brexit Party MEPs quit to back the Tories
(left to right) Annunziata Rees-Mogg, Lance Anisfeld, Lucy Harris and John Longworth at a press conference in London,
THREE Brexit Party MEPs have quit the party to back the Tories at next week’s general election.
Lance Forman, Lucy Harris and Annunziata Rees-Mogg – the sister of Tory grandee Jacob Rees-Mogg – have all resigned from Nigel Farage’s party to back Boris Johnson’s election bid.
Ms Rees-Mogg said: “We need a strong leave-supporting government to deliver the Brexit 17.4 million voted for.
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