'Excited' Nigel Farage revels in the 'very good start' for his Brexit Party

Hardcore Brexiteers and disgusted ex-Tories are among the Brexit Party's first core group of candidates for the European elections in May unveiled by Nigel Farage today.

They include Jacob Rees-Mogg's young sister Annunziata, 40, and Richard Tice, the former chairman of the fringe Leave Means Leave campaign during the 2016 referendum.

The 40-year-old married mother of one is a former Tory parliamentary candidate

Annunziata Rees-Mogg

The younger sister of Brexit hardliner Jacob Rees-Mogg was unveiled as the Brexit Party's star candidate.

The 40-year-old married mother of one last appeared on the political stage in 2010 as the Tory candidate in Somerton and Froome, losing the Somerset seat to the Lib Dems by less than 2,000 votes.

Ahead of the poll it was claimed David Cameron asked her to shorten her name to Nancy Mogg - but she refused and later claimed 'I think it's phoney to pretend to be someone you're not'.

Just like her older brother, Annunziata has been steeped in the family business of Tory politics since she was a child. 

She currently works as a director of the public affairs recruiter Wild Search. She previously worked as a journalist for the Daily Telegraph and the European Journal, a magazine printed by the think tank owned by Tory Brexiteer Sir Bill Cash.

Annunziata married former soldier Matthew Glanville in 2010 and they have a daughter, Isadora. 

Last year Richard Tice applied to be Mayor of London in 2020 for the Tories, before leaving in disgust

Richard Tice

The founder of Leave Means Leave and Leave.EU is a former Tory who applied last year to be the Tory candidate for Mayor of London in 2020.

He has since quit the Conservatives in disgust at the mess that is Brexit.

He was unveiled as party chairman this morning, saying: 

Mr Tice said: 'I have concluded, frankly, enough is enough.

'We cannot, we must not, and we will not allow this complete and utter shambles in Westminster to continue.

'We know Britain can do so much better than this. That is why I have agreed to become the chairman of the Brexit Party.'

He also took a swipe at Theresa May, saying: 'If we carry on under this leadership we will be here on Halloween night writing another begging

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