Election boost for Boris Johnson as Brexit leader Nigel Farage withdraws candidates

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chances of securing a Conservative majority in the nation’s next general election just improved, as Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has withdrawn a slew of candidates.

Farage, who planned to stand 600 candidates in next month’s election, announced Monday that he will not contest the 317 seats won by the Conservative Party in 2017. Instead, his party has set its sights on challenging seats held by the Labour Party and “the rest of the Remainer parties” in an effort to put Brexit over his own party by setting up a “unilateral Leave alliance” to help Conservatives land a majority.