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Prime minister threatened to seek snap general election after crucial vote passed on Tuesday in Commons

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Nigel Farage, the Brexit party leader, has welcomed the news that Steve Baker, the new chair of the powerful European Research Group caucus in the Conservative party, favours a pact with the Brexit party if there is an early election.

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A positive step in the right direction to deliver a clean break Brexit. https://twitter.com/singharj/status/1168959076539207680 …

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Another headache for Boris Johnson as newly elected ERG chair Steve Baker:
– calls for an election pact with Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party
– vows to oppose Brexit deal even if backstop is removed
– criticises PM’s threat to sack opponents of any new deal https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/erg-brexit-steve-baker-nigel-farage-deal-boris-johnson_uk_5d6eb02de4b011080455b5cb …

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