Ex-Conservative donors ready to give 'big bucks' to Brexit Party, claims Nigel Farage

Former Conservative donors are ready to provide 'big bucks' for Nigel Farage's Brexit Party to fight a general election, the anti-EU campaigner has suggested. The Brexit Party has been formed to contest the upcoming European Parliament elections on 23 May, which the government has now confirmed will definitely take place. But Mr Farage used a news conference on Tuesday to set his sights beyond this month. Promising the Brexit Party would 'be ready' to fight a general election 'that took place any time from September onwards', Mr Farage said: 'For us, these European elections on 23 May are but a first step.